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Feb 28, 2018 18:24:36 GMT
Post by Deleted on Feb 28, 2018 18:24:36 GMT
Does anyone actually say this word?
Thought not. So why write it then? It’s so dismissive and rude IMO.
Say “No” to “Nope”!
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Feb 28, 2018 19:53:17 GMT
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Feb 28, 2018 19:53:17 GMT
Nope way
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Feb 28, 2018 21:03:20 GMT
Post by Elle on Feb 28, 2018 21:03:20 GMT
Nope chance
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Post by Tibidabo on Feb 28, 2018 21:14:40 GMT
Does anyone actually say this word? Yeah.😉😛 |
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Post by oxfordsimon on Feb 28, 2018 21:35:18 GMT
Still part of my vocabulary
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Post by Deleted on Feb 28, 2018 21:58:08 GMT
Does anyone actually say this word? Yep. |
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Post by theatreian on Feb 28, 2018 22:12:28 GMT
What I always think in such circumstances is : Would Dame Joan say this , do this , act like his , wear this. La Collins usually comes up with the right answer. I cannot imagine her ever saying nope! Standards have slipped I can hear her saying and haven't they just!
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Nope
Feb 28, 2018 22:16:42 GMT
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Post by Rory on Feb 28, 2018 22:16:42 GMT
Is @caiaphas referring to one of Baz Bamigboye's tweets by any chance?! If so, I suspect Baz was maybe just at the end of his tether after getting it in the neck from some parties in recent days.
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Mar 1, 2018 7:01:56 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Mar 1, 2018 7:01:56 GMT
^ Nope, @caiaphas wasn’t...
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Post by Deleted on Mar 1, 2018 9:07:41 GMT
I do say "nope" sometimes. If my negative is part of a full sentence, I'll default to "no", but it sounds a little terse if it's the only word I'm saying. If the question is something like "I have a doctor's appointment on my lunch break, you don't mind if I'm a little late back, do you?" then "nope!  " is as reasonable a response as any (the smiley is to represent the tone in which I am saying it, before any of our favourite "just like to argue for the sake of arguing" friends ask the question). I have similar issues with "yes"; it sounds fine as part of a sentence, but as a word on its own it sounds snippy to me so I'll probably go for (you guessed it) "yep". ("I have a doctor's appointment on my lunch break, is it okay if I'm a little late back?" "Yep! ") |
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Mar 1, 2018 10:09:05 GMT
Post by TallPaul on Mar 1, 2018 10:09:05 GMT
Neow.
(And I know exactly to whom you refer @caiaphas.)
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Post by Deleted on Mar 1, 2018 10:52:52 GMT
"Nope" is a very different word from "no". For example, if you open an old cupboard and find it filled with spiders then a mere "no" will not suffice and "nope" is quite definitely the correct word to use.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 1, 2018 11:10:42 GMT
^ I will try to remember that the next time I open an old cupboard and find it filled with spiders. (I like to be correct especially with regard to language usage, as I hope many of my fellow posters have noticed.)
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Mar 1, 2018 13:58:22 GMT
Post by Deleted on Mar 1, 2018 13:58:22 GMT
"Nope" is a very different word from "no". For example, if you open an old cupboard and find it filled with spiders then a mere "no" will not suffice and "nope" is quite definitely the correct word to use. That is EXACTLY the right word. I would go as far as "A world of Nope". And yes, I use it- similar to as Baemax says, it's a casual 'no' 'Do you mind if I do x' 'Nope' 'Has that idiot finished at the self service checkout yet' 'Nope' etc etc |
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Mar 1, 2018 18:52:09 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Mar 1, 2018 18:52:09 GMT
To be honest I'm not so bothered by @baemax's liberal use of Yep and Nope, I'm more surprised that the answer she gives to her example question isn't "Who the Hell told you that you had a lunch break? Get back to work and if you look me in the eye again you're fired!".
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Post by kimbahorel on Mar 3, 2018 8:26:36 GMT
I say nope.
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Mar 6, 2018 7:42:05 GMT
Post by Deleted on Mar 6, 2018 7:42:05 GMT
Jeremy Paxman actually said “Nope!” in response to some poor sod’s answer on University Challenge last night. I can’t be 100% sure, but I thought I heard him say it again bit later. (Same poor sod in the Ulster team who was knocking out guesses wildly just to scrape a few extra points.) He actually said it!
So I concede. It can be said...
(He can be an arrogant sh*t at times, Jeremy Paxman.)
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Mar 6, 2018 9:12:14 GMT
Post by TallPaul on Mar 6, 2018 9:12:14 GMT
You beat me to it @caiaphas. I thought he did, so I double-checked with subtitles on.
(Actually, by watching with subtitles, I found I understood far more questions. Must be the way my brain works!)
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Mar 6, 2018 9:16:56 GMT
Post by Deleted on Mar 6, 2018 9:16:56 GMT
this has nothing to do with anything
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Mar 6, 2018 13:24:37 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Mar 6, 2018 13:24:37 GMT
this has nothing to do with anything Could you elaborate on this comment? What is the "this" that has nothing to do with anything? |
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" is as reasonable a response as any (the smiley is to represent the tone in which I am saying it, before any of our favourite "just like to argue for the sake of arguing" friends ask the question).
