minus-squareHandwovenConsensus@lemm.eetoProgramming@programming.dev•Falsehoods programmers believe about languageslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-25 days agoWell, I only know of two off the top of my head, but I really doubt they’re the only examples: Irish and Mandarin Chinese. I think some Irish don’t even habitually use them when speaking English. If you ask them “Are you ok?” they’d answer “I am” or “I am not.” linkfedilink
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Well, I only know of two off the top of my head, but I really doubt they’re the only examples: Irish and Mandarin Chinese.
I think some Irish don’t even habitually use them when speaking English. If you ask them “Are you ok?” they’d answer “I am” or “I am not.”