英和和英

別の表記

• yes, and?

語源

American English: yes (affirming a statement or question) + and? (demanding further elaboration).

熟語

Yes. And?

1. Correct. What's your point?

   A: “You like pineapple on pizza?!” B: “Yes. And?” A: “Ew.”

   Political Moderate: “No background checks for guns? You want anarchy!” Ancap: “Yes. And?”

使用する際の注意点

• Used in informal speech, chiefly by Americans.
• Used when conceding an accusation to be true, but questioning or rejecting the relevance or importance thereof.
• Used especially in disregard of likely controversy amongst one's peers as a result of the accusation being true.

同意語

• (I concede that the aforesaid accusation brought against me is true, but I fail to see the relevance thereof.): so, what?; yes, and what of it?; okay, but what's your point?; [[:en#English|Enwho cares?]]; Okay, and?.

名詞

yes, and (uncountable)

1. (theater) A rule of improvisation whereby one performer should accept another's statement and build on it.

成句

yes, and (...)?

1. Diminishes a speaker's confession of the listener's accusation.

使用する際の注意点

• Used in informal speech, chiefly by Americans.
• Used when conceding an accusation to be true, but questioning or rejecting the relevance or importance thereof.
• Used especially in disregard of likely controversy amongst one's peers as a result of the accusation being true.
• The prosody is very important. There must be an audible pause between the two words, and they may be written as two full sentences, or interspersed with ellipses, to guide a reader:

Amber: You're telling me you put pineapple on your pizza?
Naomi: Yes. And ...?

同意語

• so, what?; yes, and what of it?; okay, but what's your point?; who cares?; okay, and?