Re: 以外や以外です

"dabisu@xxxxxxxxx" <dabisu@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

What is the meaning of the expression 以外や以外です?

My resident NSoJ tells me that it's an emphasis on the unexpected
nature of (whatever is the subject of です).

When I asked 「なんで「以外です」だけと言わない？」, she gave the
expected 「さあ」, and could only say that the extra 「以外や」 was
for emphasis.

I would think the closest English equivalent might be the "Curiouser
and curiouser" uttered by Alice as she fell down the rabbit-hole.

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