About "no why"

I wouldn't think so, if the question was asked to you about something and then you respond to them 'No' then immediately asked 'why' e.g. 'no, why?' or 'no, why is that'? Well that's what I think but just wait for Mister Macawber or one of the other main contributors to give you a more elaborated detail.

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YellowSnowIs it an offense to respond as" no why" when someone asked "why"?

I don't think so, but it seems a strange response. Did you mean, "No reason"? You haven't provided much context, so it's hard to judge.

CJ

In addition to buckmajor, we wouldn't use 'No why' if a question contained 'Why?' but you might ask, "Why not?"
eg: A: "Let's go and check out the new restaurant."
B: "Why?"
A: "Why not?" he means that there is no reason not to go.

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well, the context is like this:

a: Why do you do this?

b: No why.

actually b is uncer

YellowSnow
well, the context is like this:

a: Why do you do this?

b: No why.

actually b is uncertain about the reason why to do "this", he/she meant" no reason".

is that an offense?

So saying "no why" is not idiomatic?

It's not an expression I would naturally use (I would say "No reason"), but I can i

YellowSnowSo saying "no why" is not idiomatic?

That's correct. It is not idiomatic. I find it difficult to find any definite meaning for it.

More idiomatically:

-- Why do you do this?
-- Because I like to.

-- Why do you do this?
-- Because I want to.

-- Why do you do this?
-- No particular reason.

-- W

Thank you very much, all!

You are really helpful!

Regards

Snow