Lol, I stand corrected by your incredible arguing skills. I retract my statement and all personal evidence therefore 
Improve your bloody grammar!
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I can say, without fear of contradiction that the majority of Southerners pronounce bell, "bale" and oil, "awl.' And be quiet is pronounced "shut yer piehole."
Also, You're an idiot is pronounced "bless your heart"
More like cousin where I'm from, but I know places where sister fits lol
Brown bread.
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About 4000 kilometres.
Adorno 说:
Yes, as well as the literal meaning that they're intended to evoke being different, they are also used quite differently as pejorative labels.
"****" is applied to someone who is considered unkind to the point of being socially unacceptable - someone who has committed a "**** move".
"Dickhead" is a much more general term for someone who has caused offense and/or is considered stupid.
'if you have free time tomorrow let's go to fishing'
I feel like this sentence can be answered with 'i don't know whether i have free time tomorrow'
i want a sentence that doesn't have this implication. I want the acceptance of the request to be conditional on person having free time.
like 'in case you have free time tomorrow, let's go to fishing'
what's the right expression?
I feel like this sentence can be answered with 'i don't know whether i have free time tomorrow'
i want a sentence that doesn't have this implication. I want the acceptance of the request to be conditional on person having free time.
like 'in case you have free time tomorrow, let's go to fishing'
what's the right expression?
The vagueness is inherent to the politeness in English. A 100% yes/no question in that vein would probably be rude. You have to give the person leeway to lie vaguely about circumstances on the offchance that they just don't want to go.
Calradianın Bilgesi 说:
"Fishing tommorow - Yes or No?" would be an idiomatic to force a Yes/No answer, though kind of impolite. You can treat the free time component as obvious, I think, as it isn't a command. As Jacob mentioned, the "I don't know if I can..." is a common way for a polite refusal (though it can also be sincere - they actually don't know), a way to dodge an outstright 'No'.
Of course, you can force it by continuing "I need a Yes or No answer now, because I need to know whether to prepare supplies" if they try to dodge, and still remain polite since you have a good excuse to press for an answer, thereby saving face.
Answering with yes shouldn't imply that they will go fishing with me tomorrow.
Yes=If I have free time tomorrow, I can go to fishing with you.
That person might think that he doesn't have free time tomorrow. But if it unexpectedly happens to be the case that he finds some free time, he agrees to go fishing.
They can still answer yes, and lie later on that they didn't have any free time. It's not contradictory to answer yes, then not go fishing. Answer is conditional.
No=Even if I have free time tomorrow, I won't go fishing with you(because i don't want to fish when it's cold or w/e)
Yes=If I have free time tomorrow, I can go to fishing with you.
That person might think that he doesn't have free time tomorrow. But if it unexpectedly happens to be the case that he finds some free time, he agrees to go fishing.
They can still answer yes, and lie later on that they didn't have any free time. It's not contradictory to answer yes, then not go fishing. Answer is conditional.
No=Even if I have free time tomorrow, I won't go fishing with you(because i don't want to fish when it's cold or w/e)
