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remedialhedge on April 8, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: What part of “No, Totally” don't you understand?

I don't think it actually means ""No, I don't agree with you." I think it's just an unambiguous "Yes, I do" answer to a negated question.

grownseed on April 8, 2015 [–]

I was mostly trying to emphasize my perception of the meaning as a native french speaker. Not saying this necessarily makes me right, I just wanted to highlight both the negation of the question itself as well as the confirmation of the underlying statement.

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