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"Yeah" why???????

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phoenix Sun 10-Jul-16 18:01:41

My boss's son uses "yeah" in emails, I struggle to understand why??!!

Even I can see that "yes" is fewer letters, so what on earth is it all about?confused

ninathenana Sun 10-Jul-16 18:13:30

Depends who the e-mail is to. I use Yeah in texts (hardly ever send e-mails) to friends. As I type how I speak. I wouldn't do it in business correspondence though.

rubylady Mon 11-Jul-16 08:49:28

I say yeah in texts, on here and in e mails because I type as I speak and that's how I speak. Maybe it's my North thing or just coz I'm common. grin

f77ms Mon 11-Jul-16 09:12:10

It would annoy me too phoenix !!

rosesarered Mon 11-Jul-16 10:19:41

OK would be even faster to type.

rosesarered Mon 11-Jul-16 10:20:56

Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames...'I say yeah yeah'

merlotgran Mon 11-Jul-16 10:26:28

Even worse when it's at the end of a sentence with a question mark.

DH has a fishing friend who ends just about every sentence with 'Yeah?'

I don't think he writes it in texts though. I'll have to ask.

jinglbellsfrocks Mon 11-Jul-16 10:58:33

Yeah. I totally agree.

jinglbellsfrocks Mon 11-Jul-16 10:58:54

(With the original poster)

jinglbellsfrocks Mon 11-Jul-16 10:59:08

It's shocking.

breeze Mon 11-Jul-16 15:03:03

Yey! Wassup! I woz sad to read that P. I wouldn't say anything, as he is the bosses son!

Elrel Mon 11-Jul-16 15:29:27

Yep, I agree!

ninathenana Mon 11-Jul-16 15:35:23

roses D can't even manage OK, sometimes her response to a text is simply.

K.

rosesarered Mon 11-Jul-16 16:14:38

grin

rosesarered Mon 11-Jul-16 16:15:36

Tut tut, what would our ancestors think?All those long interesting letters they wrote.

Grannyknot Mon 11-Jul-16 16:17:14

nina I also get "K" from my son. It's so darn annoying because I check the phone after it beeps and that is all there is: "K".

grannylyn65 Mon 11-Jul-16 18:13:29

Hey Jings, You been away again! ? Missed you !

jinglbellsfrocks Mon 11-Jul-16 19:07:57

whisper norty step again hmm

jinglbellsfrocks Mon 11-Jul-16 19:08:37

that wasn't supposed to be a link. No idea what you'll get if you click on it. grin

Elegran Mon 11-Jul-16 19:35:40

Got "Server not found", so don't anyone else bother. #incurablynosy

Ana Mon 11-Jul-16 20:15:30

I don't know why it's always you who gets hauled over the coals, jingl. There were others involved...hmm

Jalima Mon 11-Jul-16 20:21:45

DGD used to like the norty step
She would sit and hum or sing

Yeah, yeah, yeah
I blame the Beatles

I never send texts anyway grin
fat finger syndrome

phoenix Mon 11-Jul-16 21:11:25

grin

Jalima Mon 11-Jul-16 23:16:55

Of course, your boss's son could be too young to know who the Beatles were, Paul's looking a bit doddery these days and the voice is not what it was.

Oh! read the OP properly, emails not texts
I can do those if I have a proper keyboard
Yay!grin

rubylady Tue 12-Jul-16 03:14:44

Did anyone see Paul's "Meat-free Monday" video? It should be on youtube, don't know how to do a link but go and have a look, yeah? It's very funny, you know? Yeah? grin