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Old 06-26-2008, 03:33 PM  
Andy Servers4Less
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Originally Posted by StuartD View Post
Which reminds me of negatively asked questions. For example:

"Do you not want to go for dinner?"

I stand there for a second and reply:

"If I say 'yes', does that mean that yes, I do not want to go to dinner... or if I say 'no', does that mean that no, I do not wan to go for dinner?"

They usually hate me at that point but seriously, a negatively asked question results in yes being no and no being no.
Coming from a communications background I believe the correct response would be:

"No, I do want to go"

or

"Yes, I don't want to go"

there are definitely easier ways to word it though haha.
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