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lopmotr
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Shi means "is", not "yes" in Mandarin.
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singularity2001
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who sais yes isn't a contraction of i'is
r0rshrk
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Surprisingly, this is partially true. It's a contraction but an older one.
https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/yes
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