Difficulty communicating

     "Nice day, Ferris."

    "Yes, sir."

    "Nice weather."

    "Yes, sir."

    "Nice country around here."

    "No, sir."

    George was somewhat taken aback. "Did y say, No, sir?"

    "Yes, sir."

    "Oh, Yes, Sir? I thought you said No, sir."

    "Yes, sir. No, sir."

    "You mean you don't like the country around here."

    "No, sir."

    "Why, not?"

    "I disapprove of it, sir."

    "Why?"

    "It is not the sort of country to which I have been accustomed, sir. It is not like the country round Little-Seeping-in-the-Wold."

    "Where's that?"

    "In England, sir."

    "I suppose the English country's nice?"

    "I believe it gives uniform satisfaction, sir."

(from The Small Bachelor, by Sir Pelham Wodehouse)