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Re:Native speakers are hard to understand in a lingua franca... by astrange on Friday May 21, 2021 @12:11AM (#27230416)
That's because はい/いいえ doesn't mean yes/no, it means correct/incorrect. Though the yes/no response to negative questions is also different in American and British English.
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Re:Native speakers are hard to understand in a lingua franca... by yongjik on Friday May 21, 2021 @12:18AM (#27230453)
Saying hai is "correct" is misleading in its own way: no English-speaking child will say "correct" to "Would you want some ice cream?", but "hai" is what a Japanese kid would say.
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