This is a spindled device that spins cotton or wool. This is not the origin of the musical Hello, Dolly! When you need to move something heavy, you may use a dolly, a platform on wheels.
In the last column, I talked about tools that have human names, and I've since received a few other ideas:ĭolly. Nobody can say that English doesn't give us choices. "Okeydoke" or "okeydokey." These sound folksy.Īlso: absolutely, affirmative, assuredly, certainly, exactly, indeed, indisputably, OK, positively, unquestionably. This can either be said begrudgingly (Oh, all right, I'll finish my Brussels sprouts) or enthusiastically (All right! No Brussels sprouts tonight!). Many longer words are simply synonyms of "yes."Īll right. That "yea" is pronounced "yay." Shouldn't it be spelled the same as "nay"? "Yay," though, means the same thing as "hooray." In an oral vote, we have the yeas and the nays. I can't decide whether that's inefficient or hyper-efficient. The American Heritage Dictionary says that "yup" is an alteration of "yep." So one alteration of "yes" has its own alteration.
You probably wouldn't answer a drill sergeant with a "yep.''Īnd then we have "yup," another casual way of saying yes. "Yep" is another alteration, and it's informal. It's pronounced like the chorus in the Beatles song, "She Loves You": (Yeah, yeah, yeah!) "Yeah" is a casual way of answering a question or emphasizing that you agree with something. I'm not sure why such a short word needs any alterations, but it has plenty. "Yes" is such a simple word, but it can be said in so many ways.
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