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[Manfred Belheim]

At what point in a conversation does "no" become "nah"? There appears to be some threshold of disagreement/disdain that needs to be crossed, beyond which people suddenly start pronouncing words differently. If you do this online, do you do it in real life too? Is it some "meme" thing that the yoof have decided is cool? Or perhaps "sick"?

 

[Ryika]

I think "Nah" is mostly used as a dismissive form of "No". It means: "Brah, you're so not on my level, why did you even post that?"

When disagreement and disdain intensify, I do this:

 

[Mechanicalsalvation]

There are many ways to look at the problem such as:
Nah = interest in the topic discussed times emotional investment squared

 

[Manfred Belheim]

Given that "nah" is actually 50% more effort to type than "no", perhaps it would be better to type "n" to really signify disinterest?

Can I call people who do the "nah" thing nahlords? Calling people [something]lords seems to be de rigueur these days.

 

[EnglishEdward]

Given that "nah" is actually 50% more effort to type than "no", perhaps it would be better to type "n" to really signify disinterest?

Perhaps.

But I always though that "Nah" was the lazy for "No way" saving 50% of the typing.

 

[Perfection]

Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah hey hey hey goodbye

 

[Kozmos]

Nah in my experience when people want to say no in a more emotional way. Like I really don't want to do this or this ain't going to happen.

 

[sophie]

Given that "nah" is actually 50% more effort to type than "no", perhaps it would be better to type "n" to really signify disinterest?

Can I call people who do the "nah" thing nahlords? Calling people [something]lords seems to be de rigueur these days.

It's not about ease of typing. It's about reproducing a colloquial term with a fairly specific meaning into text.

 

[warpus]

Most of the time when I use "Nah" it's a lazy No

"Do you feel like going to buy some cheese with me today?"

"Nahhhhh I feel like staying in man.."

 

[Valka D'Ur]

At what point in a conversation does "no" become "nah"? There appears to be some threshold of disagreement/disdain that needs to be crossed, beyond which people suddenly start pronouncing words differently. If you do this online, do you do it in real life too? Is it some "meme" thing that the yoof have decided is cool? Or perhaps "sick"?

1. "No" becomes "nah" if the speaker's accent changes one vowel sound into another.

2. "No" becomes "nah" when the speaker is either being very casual, sarcastic, or both.

3. "No" becomes "nah" when a nonsense syllable that may or may not indicate negativity is required for a song - as per @Perfection's post.

4. The above said, there used to be a TV show called Sha Na Na. I watched it occasionally.

 

[Synobun]

I most frequently use 'nah' when someone has claimed something pertinent to my life or something I have direct authority over and I'm not interested in giving them the benefit of the doubt. A simple "nah" can make them indignant enough to leave me alone.

 

[Hygro]

No is a pushback, nah is a side brush.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

I most frequently use 'nah' when someone has claimed something pertinent to my life or something I have direct authority over and I'm not interested in giving them the benefit of the doubt. A simple "nah" can make them indignant enough to leave me alone.

Does that work in reverse?


And don't you dare say "nah" - this is a serious question.

 

[Synobun]

Does that work in reverse?

What would the reverse be?

 

[civver_764]

"Nah" is basically the stoned version of "no".

 

[Valka D'Ur]

What would the reverse be?

If someone gives you a "nah" response, or the equivalent of one, do you respect that?

 

[Synobun]

I don't really expect or even want people to respect me or what I say, but when someone's saying no to me I don't really care about it. It doesn't take much to get me to simply walk away or stop responding. I'm usually always very keen if someone expresses their distaste towards communicating with me.

To clarify, I usually say things like "nah" if someone's telling me what to do to solve my health or trying to tell me what my reasoning or motivations are. Basically situations where their claim is baseless but presented as objective fact from a person who has no way of actually knowing whatever it is they think they're saying. I don't want to waste my time with explaining why they're wrong or why they should leave me alone so a simple "nah" works.

 

[Manfred Belheim]

Most of the time when I use "Nah" it's a lazy No

"Do you feel like going to buy some cheese with me today?"

"Nahhhhh I feel like staying in man.."

That sounds like one of the best days out ever.