One of my first office-based jobs was as an Assistant Project Manager. I was responsible for servicing meetings – having to send out agendas, minutes, notify clients of meetings etc.

During my last trip to the UK, I hired a car at the airport. Whilst I was waiting in the car hire showroom, the assistants began to make conversation with me.

Was that a ‘yes’ or was that a ‘no’? Have you ever received an answer from a native English speaker for something, and you weren’t quite sure whether it was a positive or negative response?