http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/no-i-agree-with-you Just another bbPress community en-US Sat, 25 May 2013 00:08:10 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/search.php http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/no-i-agree-with-you#post-282155 Fri, 09 Mar 2012 22:16:21 +0000 Nitro 282155@http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/ <p>It comes out of a cereal box. </p> http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/no-i-agree-with-you#post-281961 Wed, 29 Feb 2012 15:53:55 +0000 ghost123uk 281961@http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/ <p>Why do folk say that, it should be &quot;Yes, I agree with you&quot;</p> <p>I notice lots of people do this, including &quot;our&quot; Mr Fry (Shock horror)</p> <p>One even hears &quot;No, Yes, No you are right&quot;, (often in TV interviews etc).</p> <p>I reckon it is an adversarial or perhaps a superiority thing, &quot;I don&#39;t want to be seen to agree with YOU, although I actually do agree&quot;.</p> <p>As Stephen is &quot;guilty&quot; of using this strange terminology I would love to hear thoughts on where it comes from.</p> <p>John B in the N.W. UK </p>