On Jun 18, 12:32 pm, Terry Reedy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> 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.
I'm not a native English speaker, although I think my parents would have liked me to be more straightforward when talking, cause I tend to say things like "possibly", "maybe", "probably", and other ambiguous expressions to the extent that it has frustrated them now and then. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
