Saying a flat "no" alone, without qualifying your statement is
generally interpreted as rude in English... It's kind of like how you
talk to children when they're too young to understand the explanation.
Yucky.
I didn't meant to be rude at all - and I apologize to Mr. Lie. The
explanation for such strong "No" was in the paragraph below it (the idea
was to say: "No to this, yes to that")
As a very much native English speaker I disagree that 'No' is
necessarily rude. I wish I could more often get such a clean answer to
my questions from my child.
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