- Where did yeppers come from? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Where did the slang word "yeppers" come from? I have googled it and found dates as far back as the 30s and geographic areas including Florida, the midwest and Pennsylvania
- etymology - What is the history and regional dispersion of the . . .
Yes is the same word as yea which is the same in germanic It's a very old word Being one of the most used words in the English language, yea probably was said as yep and yup in many colloquial settings, workshops, pubs many times before it was recorded in writing yup is a fairly low energy way of say the word, which is probably easier to pronounce than yea, so laborers saying yea would have
- Where did the word Yep come from, and how did it become so . . . - Reddit
The OED says yep developed as a colloquial alternative to yes in the late 19th century in the US Used as an adverb and interjection, it is also spelled as yip and yup Yes itself is quite old, originating in Old English, and has quite a few variants, including yea, yaas, yah, yas, yeah, yeh, yep and yerse
- synonyms - When is it appropriate to use Yeah and Yep as variants . . .
Looking at the definitions given for yeah, yeh, yep, or yup, all those words are defined as exclamation noun nonstandard spelling of yes, representing informal pronunciation Looking at the examples provided from the Werriam-Webster Online, it seems that yeah, and yep are used in two different cases
- Does any know where the yup thats me, you probably wonder how i got . . .
Does any know where the "yup thats me, you probably wonder how i got here" actually originated from?
- Am I unable to play minecraft since I didn’t migrate my . . . - Reddit
I haven’t played minecraft in years but my buddy said that he would start a server to get some of our old friends to all play and get together again When I loaded up minecraft (On a Windows PC) it has my Mojang account but it won’t let me sign in After a quick troubleshooting myself I’ve learned that they migrated all those accounts to Microsoft accounts and the page I landed on says
- Difference between yup and yes - English Language Usage Stack . . .
Possible Duplicate: “Yes”, “Yeah”, “Yep” What is the difference between yup and yes? Most of the time I use yup instead of yes
- Yep vs Yeap : r grammar - Reddit
Yep They're both ways to approximate our casual way of saying yes or yeah, but with the excrescent p
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