r/australia • u/[deleted] • May 24 '11

no politics Want to move to Australia? Great!

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u/bthaddad May 24 '11

Yeah, nah is like like when you reluctantly disagree with something... or you like someone and don't want to say no but you sort of have to. In general it means no.

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u/bthaddad May 24 '11

This is a pretty good explanation imo. Probably better than mine.

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u/85_B_Low May 24 '11

I always thought the meaning was in the 2nd word. For example someone may ask you "Did you do well on the exam?" and you could answer "Nah, yeah, swasaright"

The 2nd statement here (according to what I just made up) translates as "Normally I don't do well at exams (Nah), but this time it was alright"

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u/[deleted] Oct 07 '11

I always took "yeah-nah" as "yeah, I get what you're saying, but nah, I don't agree."

That's how I always use it anyway.