Say something instead of "Yes"

[Sherry Liao]

Yesterday, Luis' "Certainly" made me start to think of this question: When we agree with somebody, or would simply like to give a positive response, what can we say in addition to "Yes" (or yeah or yea or yep or yup…)?

The following are the ones I could think of (Of course they have different degrees of intensity or should be used in different situations):

OK
Sure / Sure thing
Of course
No problem
I guess so / I think so
You bet
Surely
You are right
I know
I am with you
That'll be fine
Totally
Agreed / I agree
Looks that way
I'm down for that
No kidding
I second that motion
Good call / Good idea
You're telling me
Right / That's right
That's just what I was thinking
Indeed
You got it
That's the plan
By all means
All right
True / That's true
Fair enough
Maybe / Maybe so
No doubt about that
Makes sense / That makes sense
Exactly
Have it your way
Absolutely
Definitely
There you go
That's for sure
By all means

Any other suggestions?

[Jacky566]

I can't agree you more.
No wondering.

[stephen185]

how about "You can say that again."?

[Rock]

Brain stroming time.

Sounds good/ great/ wonderful/ Fantastic
Not bad. / Not a bad idea.
Fine by me.

However, this "I'm down for that." from Sherry's list sounds weird to me. In my imagination, I would think "I'm up for that." is more possible. Hey, wait, I just found anyone!!!

That's possible.

[Georgia]

I can't agree you more.
No wondering.

It should be "No wonder."

[Georgia]

Brain stroming time.

Sounds good/ great/ wonderful/ Fantastic
Not bad. / Not a bad idea.
Fine by me.

However, this "I'm down for that." from Sherry's list sounds weird to me. In my imagination, I would think "I'm up for that." is more possible. Hey, wait, I just found anyone!!!

That's possible.

I think it's "I'm down with you/it."

[Georgia]

Precisely.
Correct.
You're telling me?
Tell me about it.
Tell me something I don't know.
That's what I'm talking about.
Now we're talking.
Yeah, what else is new?
Bingo.
Hell yeah. (多黑人使用 且有粗魯不客氣的意涵 )
You don't say!
Uh-huh.

順便一提， Uh-huh 和 yeah 其實要看語氣來決定是表達肯定還是不認同。用不同語氣，可表達出正反兩種意義。

[Rock]

Hey, Georgia, our no.1 lady, long time no see. What are you busying for? You've skipped a lot of classes and the teacher is not very happy now....Watch out.

[Sherry Liao]

Hi Georgia, you finally show up.
Will you attend the gathering this Wednesday?

[Sherry Liao]

Precisely.
Correct.
You're telling me?
Tell me about it.
Tell me something I don't know.
That's what I'm talking about.
Now we're talking.
Yeah, what else is new?
Bingo.
Hell yeah. (多黑人使用 且有粗魯不客氣的意涵 )
You don't say!
Uh-huh.

順便一提， Uh-huh 和 yeah 其實要看語氣來決定是表達肯定還是不認同。用不同語氣，可表達出正反兩種意義。

Speaking of which, here is another African American usage: "True dat." (It means "That's true.")

Some might think African American usages are not worth learning. Actually, they are quite useful in many aspects. For example, you have to know the meaning of "True dat" to catch on to the last paragraph of this article:
http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2 ... und-black/

[Wayne]

You're telling me?
Tell me something I don't know.
Yeah, what else is new?
Uh-huh.

順便一提， Uh-huh 和 yeah 其實要看語氣來決定是表達肯定還是不認同。用不同語氣，可表達出正反兩種意義。

Exactly!

但為什麼You're telling me?後面是問號而無是驚嘆號呢?　這是兩種不同的意涵(我也沒聽過用問號的說法)．．． 不過 我想一定是Georgia 的筆誤

說到語氣，情境也會影響意涵．就像You're telling me!也用在表達不耐煩：「廢話！」「那還要你說嗎？」

Tell me something I don't know.　和　Yeah, what else is new?　　語調上就有點不耐煩的口吻，就像Yeah, right.有時是反話，似乎在說：「對啦」其實是不耐煩，希對方別再繼續說下去，所以必須注意其語調．

[technobabel]

Word up - http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=word+up




Dah pretty ladies around the world
Got a weird thing to show you,
So tell all the boys and girls.
Tell your brother, your sister
And mama too, cause they’re
About to go down
And you’ll know just what to do.

Wave your hands in the air
Like you don’t care, glide by
The People as they start to look and stare.
Do you dance, do your dance quick
Mama, come on baby, tell me what’s
The Word, ah – word up,
Everybody say when you hear the call
You got to get it underway,
Word up, it’s the code word,
No matter where you say it,
You’ll know that you’ll be heard.

Now all you sucker. D.J.’s
Who think you’re fly
There’s got to be a reason
And we know the reason why.
And act real cool
But you got to realise
That you’re acting like fools.
If there’s music we can use it
We need to dance.
We don’t have that time
For psychological romance
No romance
No romance
No romance for me mama
Come on baby tell me what’s the word.
Ah – word up,
Everybody say when you hear the call
You got to get it underway.

Dial “L” for low...
Come on, all you people say...
Word up – word up

[Georgia]

Dear Rock,
Who's the teacher?....you?...haha....I don't remember when was the last time I went to the meeting.....
Don't get angry with me your majesty.... I miss you all very much~

Dear Sherry,
I wish I could, I wish I might.
Even though I can sneak out to the meeting this Wednesday during my one-hour dinner break,... I'm afraid I cannot stay for long. oh BTW, I work on the 3rd floor now ^__^

the Georgia, who misses y'all a lot... *smack*

[Georgia]

Exactly!
但為什麼You're telling me?後面是問號而無是驚嘆號呢?　這是兩種不同的意涵(我也沒聽過用問號的說法)．．． 不過 我想一定是Georgia 的筆誤

說到語氣，情境也會影響意涵．就像You're telling me!也用在表達不耐煩：「廢話！」「那還要你說嗎？」

Tell me something I don't know.　和　Yeah, what else is new?　　語調上就有點不耐煩的口吻，就像Yeah, right.有時是反話，似乎在說：「對啦」其實是不耐煩，希對方別再繼續說下去，所以必須注意其語調．

ha....absolutely....... not~~~ 我真的一直以為那是個問號耶～不是我筆誤啦哈哈～ 因為每次聽到，尾音都是上揚且短促的，所以一直都以為那是個問號結尾。

另外還有個青少年愛用的「duh!~」....我不太會用，因為我不是青少年 XD

[Wayne]

另外還有個青少年愛用的「duh!~」....

我也學到一個新字!

根據Macmillan字典: 這個字用來表示某人說的話或做的事很愚蠢 [哼!] 大概是duffer[笨蛋][蠢材]的代替字