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[dsvctkw]

Aussies hittin ya with the yeah nah nah yeah nah yeah

[ixelhaine]

"yeah no" = "yes i am certain the answer is no."

[BobbitTheDog]

There are 2 other meanings:

1) "yeah {i understand your question/point}, no {the answer is no / i disagree with your point}"
So basically "yeah, i see what you mean... But no."

2) sarcasm/emphasising the no.
Person A says stupid thing. Person B says no."
Basically meaning "yeah, that thing you just said? No, that was stupid."

[blueroses]

"yeah no yeah I think I'm good." is immaculate and perfect.

[Jani]

Linguistics is probably the most underrated science. So many people are clueless about it

[ate_a_radio]

in australia we use it as like “i get where you are going, but *no* “

[kait]

Canadian here - we will often say something like “yeah no, i get that” or “yeah no, it’s was kinda weird”. In this case both yeah and no are meant to agree and relate to what they are saying. Its similar to replying “yeah yeah” but i think “yeah no” is perceived as more polite. Also i find its more commonly used in agreement to something thats not favourable but you understand. Example: “i just moved here and there is so much snow!” “Yeah no, its quite nasty out here, eh”

It is also kind of used in the same way as shortened version of “yeah, I know” which could be where this use case comes from.

[meyer]

"I love your meat" 💀
"I've spent a lot of time grilling it" 💀

[queenglory]

“Socializing isn’t that complicated”
Socializing:

[emmacomstock]

The most common way I use "yeah no", is when I use "yeah" as an acknowledgement of what the other person said, then "no" as a disagreement.

[harmonys]

“Yeah no” and “no yeah” are both part of my regular vocab lolol

[Dr.Frogerston]

Nah bro they edging in linguistics now 💀

[botwithdot]

In Russian there is the phrase "ага конечно".both of the words are positives, but it usually means sarcastic negative

[Nub_Fish]

I’m going to start hedging from now on

[JustaCubarsiFan]

In Canada we gonna hit you with the "oh yeah no for sure"

[averagegummywormfan]

Is "UwU" a discourse particle? Discussion below

[datboi]

The second one is more like "yeah… I’m thinking about it. I’ve thought about it. No I’m good"

[littlepeverell]

In German, we sometimes say "Ja nee" (which translates to "yes no") to say something like "no, obviously" or just "no, I really don't want to".

[Astrid-Palumbo]

I use this but it confuses people often like they've never heard the phrase before.

[SakuraScythe]

Hedging.. but without the H...
I need to get off this platform..