Posted by Samuel on Friday, May 15, 2009 at 10:08am.
You're right. There are several standard questions and forms of questioning to which we often give the opposite answer from what we should. The most common one I hear is this:
"You don't mind if we come in, do you?"
To which, most people would answer, "Sure, come on in!" (But the answer should be in the negative -- "No, I don't mind.")
There are others like this. Idioms, I suppose.
Aha! This is a cultural thing! In Japanese, for example, the answer to that question would be: Yes = we do NOT have to hand it in but No = on the contrary, we DO! Actually, I think that makes sense! If the question is negative, YES should mean the negative and NO, the affirmative!
However, here in the U.S. most people will say "No, we don't."
Sra
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