If you could, please format it

WORD, DEFINITION

I want to add them to a flashcard deck for myself, I casually collect loanwords and have been getting turned on to trying out csv/flashcards lately haha

Feel free to do the same, if the format is followed you can just copy and paste it to a new line of the csv deck

  • stray@pawb.social
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    4 hours ago

    I wonder about this sometimes because you can append “huh” to an English affirmative to make it into that meaning, as in “yes-huh”. The questions I’ve been asking myself is whether such a phrase is one word or two. Is it the same word as “yes”? But even still, it’s not allowed to be used by anyone wishing to appear mature or professional, so it doesn’t exist in every lect of English, which I suppose makes it less of an “English” word as such.

    Swedish has the word “jo” which means the same as “doch” here, but it’s different in that it doesn’t also mean “but”. I feel like it’s most often followed up by a clarification of the supposed truth rather than left as a single word. Picturing it by itself has me feeling frustrated like the speaker is only answering as shortly as possible and otherwise ignoring me.

    • Wrufieotnak@feddit.org
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      4 hours ago

      Interesting, thanks for your perspective!

      I would say if you only say Doch! as answer in German, it’s more kind of a stubborn, planting your feet in the ground, “come at me” response instead of ignoring.