Laugh, but talking with Japanese, something that often happens is:
A: "Shouldn't I launch the nukes?"
B: "No."
Can be understood as "yes, do it" because they are used to an opposite logic when answering negation. "Yes" means "I agree with the negation" and no the opposite.
And they seem to have a hard time accepting that the logic is different in English.
A: "Shouldn't I launch the nukes?"
B: "No."
Can be understood as "yes, do it" because they are used to an opposite logic when answering negation. "Yes" means "I agree with the negation" and no the opposite.
And they seem to have a hard time accepting that the logic is different in English.