Some questions that are opposite but get the same response!

Hi Buchi - you are welcome to call me anything but vandu. :) Well, this was in context of the husband cheating on wife. And it was a joke. So the wife asked him - are you cheating. He said no. Then she asked him are you not cheating - he again said no. Now he should have answered yes I am not cheating. But quite often people start with no. I am not. :) Try it in some other context, and you will notice it. :) Is this your house? - Yes, It is. Is this not your house? - options are a. Yes, it is - this is how I'd find people responding normally. b. No. It is - this is rare. But it means the same thing. See what I mean?

Hai abhaijith, when the answer for are you cheating is no then the answer for are you not cheating must be yes only.

Hi Buchi , what you said is very much right... But then, what we should answer there? Should we answer 'YES'...!!!

Thanks my mistress. It's clear now.

Let me try to explain the same thing once more Are you going out - Yes. Are you not going out - no Ok? What does it mean - the first answer means that you are going out. Even the second answer means that you are going out. But the questions are entirely opposite!!!!!

Hey, I just clarified! But my response has gone missing! I am not anybody's mistress, and I never was. :)

Gee thankz. :)

Hi Sunny - I agree it should be yes! Technically that is right as well, and that is what Bird has mentioned. But practically, if you tried that insertion of "not" in between, people are likely to start with No...:) Try it and you will find it. They feel that is the way to deny the accusation! :) Check it with some of the examples I have given amongst your friend circle, and you will know what I mean. :)

Hey - you are allowed only one word umadper. :) So it is either yes or no. :)

@Baluyadav, I cant dispute what you've said. Technically, that is right! But the person who listens to it will interpret it as Yes you cheated. Even though you are trying to express something else! :) Try it in practical life, and you'd know. I have given so many examples within this discussion. :)

hi,umad..you can present it as---Are you cheating?---your answer should be NO,but for Are you not cheating?--your answer should be YES,thats all,its enough answer for that discussion and it is correct meaning also.. any comments on me vandana? if so i will respond later my friend.have a nice time.

Yes professor, that is the point. But the questions are opposite. So two opposite questions, giving same answer? Kind of funny, isn't it?

I felt it like that Hatley! Like a dog trying to catch its tail. I am so confused about it. :) But all advocates use such tricky stuff!

Exactly bird. :) This is what I was getting at! Technically, we should be answering "Yes". But we end up answering no. :) So shouldn't that lawyer's (liar's) "not" be banned from court proceedings? After all, many people could be answering wrong out of this confusion, and ending up making a mess of their cases. :)