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02-07-2007, 02:39 AM
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I need a consensus
Ok...I want opinions. Do you think the phrase "o.k." is neutral or affirmative? This is sort of a leftover from last semester's Russian class that still bugs me in Russian II. My teacher insists it's an affirmative phrase that doesn't really have an equal in Russian. Russians have a word that, spelled with english letters with english letters phonetically, sounds like "narmaya" (pronounced like narm-eye-ah) and it's completely neutral. Not good or bad. I contend that "o.k." can be completely neutral but doesn't have to be. Thoughts?
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02-07-2007, 08:45 AM
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I think its neutral.. although at times i think its affirmative.. it matters how you use it I think..
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02-07-2007, 11:45 AM
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Right...I think it depends a lot on the inflection of the user. I mean...I could say "I'm ok" with a downward inflection and it becomes either neutral or negative (depending on how much I emphasize the inflection). However if I use an upward inflection it can become an affirmative statement. The trick is, I can do the same in Russian. I'm not going to argue with my teacher, but her theory seems flawed to me.
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02-07-2007, 10:13 PM
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I agree that it's dependent upon the speaker's tone of voice now.
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02-08-2007, 06:14 AM
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umm, yeah, ok, whatever
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02-15-2007, 03:10 PM
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you need to get out more son
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02-25-2007, 11:32 PM
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It depends on the conversation. How its used. The context of the conversation.
like "Hey wanna go for a beer " "OK!"  Or "Hey sorry about your loss" :( "ok" or neutral "wanna grab a bite to eat" "Ok" Steve I think it all depends on the tone. I don't think that it fits in anyone where as it has it's place in all of them.
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