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[CanAm]

I have seen the words quiaff and quineg being thrown around a lot, and it is often used completely incorrectly.

Quiaff means Query Affirmative. Quineg means Query Negative.

Quiaff and quineg are rhetorical modifiers that sit at the end of a statement, in order to make it a rhetorical question. You can NOT use quiaff and quineg to respond to someone. The answer to a statement is aff or neg. The answer to a quiaff or quineg proposition is still aff or neg.

To put it simply, quiaff and quineg are used as a sort of "He is bad, yes?" or "He is bad, am I right?". Translated into Clanspeak, this is worded, "He is bad, quiaff?". The answer (if he is, in fact, bad) is simply, "aff".

Let us review-

1) Only use quiaff and quineg only to turn a statement (most likely one of opinion) into a rhetorical question (a question you already know the answer to). This means they are only used at the end of a sentence!

2) You may not respond with "quiaff" or "quineg". The response to a question is always "aff" or "neg".

3) Avoid using quiaff and quineg for something that is blatantly obvious or a universally accepted opinion or fact. Quiaff and quineg should NOT be used if everyone is going to agree- If I were to say in the Clan Jade Falcon chatterweb "We Jade Falcons are the mightiest of all Clans, quiaff?", this would be an incorrect use.

4) Quiaff and quineg are used to imply disdain, uncertainty, a non-normative opinion, a rallying bolster to morale, or lack of respect. As such, they are often used by higher ranking officials to assert rank and superiority over their lower ranked staff. Conversely, they are used by lower ranking staff as a light insubordination towards their superiors.

tl;dr- Stop using quiaff and quineg so much. Many of you are using it incorrectly.

[Gendou]

Seyla.

[marcus elgin]

Also stop using contractions. You dishonor your bloodline.

[AztecD]

^^^ nice one

[CanAm]

marcus elgin, on 02 July 2012 - 02:31 PM, said:

Also stop using contractions. You dishonor your bloodline.

I plan on doing a primer for each section of Clan etiquette, so I will be covering contractions in the next one, most likely.

[Oy of MidWorld]

Thank you for clarifying this. So many Freeborn.

[RecklessFable]

I'll qu'aff what like. Scotch, Bourbon, Beer...

[Bombolo]

i have had quinaff of this clanner BS

[Vortemeer]

The way I see it, "quiaff" and "quineg" are basically the equivalent of "don't ya think?"

[CanAm]

Vortemeer, on 02 July 2012 - 02:54 PM, said:

The way I see it, "quiaff" and "quineg" are basically the equivalent of "don't ya think?"

Rhetorical modifier

[WardenWolf]

For those more accustomed to traditional English, these phrases are similar to putting "Is that understood?" at the end of a sentence or paragraph.

[CanAm]

WardenWolf, on 02 July 2012 - 02:57 PM, said:

For those more accustomed to traditional English, these phrases are similar to putting "Is that understood?" at the end of a sentence or paragraph.

Correct. It effectively takes a statement and turns it into a question that you already know the answer to, you just seek to have it affirmed.

[Braedin]

you test tube babies are to touchy.

[Aegis Kleais]

Contrary to popular belief, QuiRoger, QuiOver and QuiOut don't exist.

[Endarius]

marcus elgin, on 02 July 2012 - 02:31 PM, said:

Also stop using contractions. You dishonor your bloodline.

Ownt.

[Aegis Kleais]

Braedin, on 02 July 2012 - 03:01 PM, said:

you test tube babies are to touchy.

You mean to say "You test tube babies are too touchy, Quiaff?"

[dezgra]

This is a "trashborn" thread...Quiaff.

[Bongo TauKat]

CanAm, on 02 July 2012 - 02:10 PM, said:

I have seen the words quiaff and quineg being thrown around a lot, and it is often used completely incorrectly.

Quiaff means Query Affirmative. Quineg means Query Negative.

Quiaff and quineg are rhetorical modifiers that sit at the end of a statement, in order to make it a rhetorical question. You can NOT use quiaff and quineg to respond to someone. The answer to a statement is aff or neg. The answer to a quiaff or quineg proposition is still aff or neg.

To put it simply, quiaff and quineg are used as a sort of "He is bad, yes?" or "He is bad, am I right?". Translated into Clanspeak, this is worded, "He is bad, quiaff?". The answer (if he is, in fact, bad) is simply, "aff".

Let us review-

1) Only use quiaff and quineg only to turn a statement (most likely one of opinion) into a rhetorical question (a question you already know the answer to). This means they are only used at the end of a sentence!

2) You may not respond with "quiaff" or "quineg". The response to a question is always "aff" or "neg".

3) Avoid using quiaff and quineg for something that is blatantly obvious or a universally accepted opinion or fact. Quiaff and quineg should NOT be used if everyone is going to agree- If I were to say in the Clan Jade Falcon chatterweb "We Jade Falcons are the mightiest of all Clans, quiaff?", this would be an incorrect use.

4) Quiaff and quineg are used to imply disdain, uncertainty, a non-normative opinion, a rallying bolster to morale, or lack of respect. As such, they are often used by higher ranking officials to assert rank and superiority over their lower ranked staff. Conversely, they are used by lower ranking staff as a light insubordination towards their superiors.

tl;dr- Stop using quiaff and quineg so much. Many of you are using it incorrectly.

You must be mistaking me for freeborn trash you savashri drezga. Perhaps you should take up a position nursing and educating as a canister maid rather than attempting to emulate a warrior.

[Dax Frey]

*Puts on his spurs*

[CanAm]

Endarius, on 02 July 2012 - 03:01 PM, said:

Ownt.

Who was "ownt"? They were referring to people that claim to be super-Clanlike that still use contractions constantly.

Bongo TauKat Talasko, on 02 July 2012 - 03:06 PM, said:

You must be mistaking me for freeborn trash you savashri drezga. Perhaps you should take up a position nursing and educating as a canister maid rather than attempting to emulate a warrior.

You know what I mean!

dezgra, on 02 July 2012 - 03:06 PM, said:

This is a "trashborn" thread...Quiaff.

Any respectable freeborn that aspires to be more than stravag filth would watch their contractions, too.