Has the word yes gone for ever? You do still hear it from time-to-time , however, I'm listening to Radio 4 and yeah seems to be the word for yes. Interviewers on TV, newsreaders, Boris Johnson, David Cameron - everyone says YEAH. People who should know better.
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Don"t think so , some still use it 
Unless someone is saying 'YES!!!!' 
kitty [grin!
As I read this post I thought to myself, "Yep. It's definitely gone."
We're all too slovenly. Or relaxed perhaps?
Yeah, No 
I love that word , I think it is so onomatopoeic x
Aye.
As a child in Scotland I got into trouble for say "Uh-huh" for yes, I notice they don't do that down here.
Yep, yeah, yeah man, absolootly, aye, even Och aye - you have a point
Good grief nonu have you swallowed a dictionary? 
I had to look that word up. Good exercise for those diminishing brain cells
Soook stop it , ses Nonu , fallin about laffin sooo much , nearly wet knickers .
Know what you mean about looking things up in dictionary , I"ve had to do it several times , good excersise for THE LEETLE GREY CELLS, They are a bright bunch on this GN, sometimes too bright for little old me x
ELegran , 110%
It is a lovely word Elegran but I would never remember how to pronounce it 
. I'm as thick as two short planks nonu
No no no I won"t listen to that !!! onomatopoeic see , thats how you pronounce it , bet you think i"m showing off now
Gracesmum
Nonu I can pronounce it (and possibly even spell it) but which word did you mean was onomatopoeic – yes or absolutely? But what sound relates to either of these words?
I'll just have to practice. My word for today is onomat.....er
It's not a fear of doctors is it jeni? The dreaded white coat syndrome
I've just looked it up the brain cells are getting a work out today
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