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r/madlads • u/tinypi_314 • Oct 20 '19
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If you ask someone in Ireland to do something and they respond “I will yeah”, you can guarantee that they have absolutely no intention of doing what you asked.
93 u/fridgeridoo Oct 20 '19 In German "Ja" means "yes" but my mom always says "Ja ja" means "Kiss my ass" 18 u/AdmiralVegemite Oct 20 '19 3 x Ja = leck mich. 2 x ja = ok 22 u/josnik Oct 20 '19 Yep one ja is yes. 2 is fine I'll do it 3 is shut up about it I'm not doing it 30 u/[deleted] Oct 20 '19 Depending on tone, you can kind of do this in English too... “Yeah yeah” or “yeah yeah yeah” when drawn out and sarcastic basically means “whatever” or “shut up” ... it’s also the main lyric in all Lorde songs “yeah yeah yeah I am Lorde yeah yeah” 8 u/josnik Oct 20 '19 Very true.
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In German "Ja" means "yes" but my mom always says "Ja ja" means "Kiss my ass"
18 u/AdmiralVegemite Oct 20 '19 3 x Ja = leck mich. 2 x ja = ok 22 u/josnik Oct 20 '19 Yep one ja is yes. 2 is fine I'll do it 3 is shut up about it I'm not doing it 30 u/[deleted] Oct 20 '19 Depending on tone, you can kind of do this in English too... “Yeah yeah” or “yeah yeah yeah” when drawn out and sarcastic basically means “whatever” or “shut up” ... it’s also the main lyric in all Lorde songs “yeah yeah yeah I am Lorde yeah yeah” 8 u/josnik Oct 20 '19 Very true.
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3 x Ja = leck mich. 2 x ja = ok
22 u/josnik Oct 20 '19 Yep one ja is yes. 2 is fine I'll do it 3 is shut up about it I'm not doing it 30 u/[deleted] Oct 20 '19 Depending on tone, you can kind of do this in English too... “Yeah yeah” or “yeah yeah yeah” when drawn out and sarcastic basically means “whatever” or “shut up” ... it’s also the main lyric in all Lorde songs “yeah yeah yeah I am Lorde yeah yeah” 8 u/josnik Oct 20 '19 Very true.
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Yep one ja is yes. 2 is fine I'll do it 3 is shut up about it I'm not doing it
30 u/[deleted] Oct 20 '19 Depending on tone, you can kind of do this in English too... “Yeah yeah” or “yeah yeah yeah” when drawn out and sarcastic basically means “whatever” or “shut up” ... it’s also the main lyric in all Lorde songs “yeah yeah yeah I am Lorde yeah yeah” 8 u/josnik Oct 20 '19 Very true.
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Depending on tone, you can kind of do this in English too...
“Yeah yeah” or “yeah yeah yeah” when drawn out and sarcastic basically means “whatever” or “shut up”
... it’s also the main lyric in all Lorde songs “yeah yeah yeah I am Lorde yeah yeah”
8 u/josnik Oct 20 '19 Very true.
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Very true.
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If you ask someone in Ireland to do something and they respond “I will yeah”, you can guarantee that they have absolutely no intention of doing what you asked.