to think it’s should be YABU YABR?

[blinder]

Not being unreasonable is a double negative. It should be:
YABU (you are being unreasonable) or
YABR (you are being reasonable).

Long time member, sudden reallocation. AIBR?

Sudden realisation*
ALSO, why can’t we edit still?

Yanbu 😜

No, I think you're wrong! You are not being unreasonable isn't a double negative, it literally means 'you are being reasonable'

YANBU/YABR. I hate, hate, hate double negatives! I need to do mental gymnastics to work out what is meant by them. Or - I don't need to not try hard to understand... or something

YABU, because the thing defined defines also its absence. Practically Jacques Derrida, me.

YABU because the whole concept is built around the ‘Am I being unreasonable?’ question.

I think it should be YABA DABA DOO personally

@TheWayTheLightFalls I see your Derrida and I raise you some dialectics! What’s the antithesis of ‘unreasonable’?? Hmm??
IABcompletelyR, pass the Baileys.

But then it wouldn't be pronounced ya-boo and yan-boo. Ya-brrr would be quite cumbersome.

YABU - and YANBU isn't a double negative.

Well it's an answer to a question -

Am I being unreasonable?
You are not being unreasonable is the less clunky way to answer.

@SilverDragonfly1

But then it wouldn't be pronounced ya-boo and yan-boo. Ya-brrr would be quite cumbersome.

Whaaaaaat? People pronounce them like that?

Slightly staggered at

1. people saying ‘not unreasonable’ is not a double negative. It is, and it equals the positive term “reasonable”.

and 2. ya-boo and yan-boo. I didn’t realise this is how they are pronounced.

@SilverDragonfly1

But then it wouldn't be pronounced ya-boo and yan-boo. Ya-brrr would be quite cumbersome.

That's how I read them in my head

@Luredbyapomegranate

YABU because the whole concept is built around the ‘Am I being unreasonable?’ question.

This.

I don't understand what's wrong with saying 'you are not being unreasonable.'

Surely no different to 'you are not unhealthy' or 'you are not unhygienic.'

That's not a double negative.

A double negative would be something like 'I won't eat no dinner.'

If you are not eating no dinner, you're eating dinner.

Not a linguist.

But a double negative to me contradicts itself, the two parts cancel each other out. I didn't see nothing.

If you didn't see nothing, you saw something.

Am I being unreasonable is a closed question which requires a yes/no response. Yes, you are being unreasonable. No, you are not being unreasonable.

I always think ‘ya-boo’ or ‘yan-boo’ in my head. I know it’s a double negative but it works.

Good grief. It is not a double negative. I won't not do that.
I haven't not had a pie for breakfast.

You are not being unreasonable contains an auxiliary verb. It is not a bloody double negative.

@MarshmallowFondant

Not a linguist.

But a double negative to me contradicts itself, the two parts cancel each other out. I didn't see nothing.

If you didn't see nothing, you saw something.

Am I being unreasonable is a closed question which requires a yes/no response. Yes, you are being unreasonable. No, you are not being unreasonable.

I was trying to explain this, but gave up - you have done it better.

My example was 'I don't want no sprouts' - so you end up saying the opposite of what you intend. I think it can be done intentionally as well - 'I don't know nothing about cars' with a wink.

You are not being unreasonable is not a double negative in that sense.

No, 'YABR' sounds shit. What's more, as someone said....... the whole concept is built around the ‘Am I being unreasonable?’ question.

@Alonelonelylonersbadidea

Good grief. It is not a double negative. I won't not do that. I haven't not had a pie for breakfast.

You are not being unreasonable contains an auxiliary verb. It is not a bloody double negative.

This! Best explanation

It is not a double negative

It's not a double negative. Nice try though OP.

I also read them as yaboo and yanboo .
Also, it’s not a double negative it’s litotes. Yes, I know I’m a wanker.