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Expressions of agreement:
Someone says something in conversation you agree with. What are expressions of agreement you use or have heard used?
I've heard many here in the country (i.e., farmland) say, "You got that right!" and even "You got that!"
Some used to say, "Right on!"
Some repeat what you've said and agree by repeating what you've said, but by inserting the adverb very somewhere in your sentence:
You -- "These hot pretzels are good."
The Other -- "They are very good."
Another -- "You got that!"
Still Another -- "Right on!"
And Still Another -- "You got that right!"
What are some other expressions of agreement? I'd be interested in reading here the levels of agreement indicated by the terms of agreement. For instance, if someone agreed by saying, "I suppose," a bit a doubt would be included in this conditional sort of agreement.
Anyway, thanks for any thoughts here about agreement.
Best regards,
WW
P.S. Personal pet peeve: It annoys me when people insert the word "very" to what someone has said. I get more annoyed with myself, however, for becoming annoyed than I do at the person who upped the ante by adding the word very.
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Agreement:
Totally
You betcha
Better believe it (ok i don't use that one, but i've heard it)
Truly... and other one-worders.
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An old favorite from my Navy days
You fuckin' A
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Sho' nuff!
You ain't kiddin'
Ain't that the truth!
Damn straight!
You can say that again
Mmm-hmm...
I hear you
Then there's the hilarious movie "Airplane," in which two guys are speaking "jive," with subtitles in standard English. At one point one guys says "sheeeeeeeeeet" and the subtitle says "How true. How true."
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I've been using "Indeed" and "Evidently" a lot recently.
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It annoys me when people insert the word "very" to what someone has said. I get more annoyed with myself, however, for becoming annoyed than I do at the person who upped the ante by adding the word very.
Amen!
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enthusiast
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You got it, Pontiac!
No kidding (not said snarkily, but agreeing wholeheartedly; emphasis on No)
Duh! (said snarkily after an obvious statement)
Fair enough (to concede a point)
Way! (as opposed to No way!)
fur shur
in spades
yes
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There was the college prof who announced to his class that, while it was possible to use two negatives to create a positive, it was impossible to use two positives to create a negative. A voice from the back of the classroom responded, "Yeah, sure!"
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Heard in teen talk from next door neighbor's teens when expressing agreement :
Get outa' town!
Shut *UP!
Rad! (as in radical)
... and one of my very own : You can put *that in the book!
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to some really obvious statements.. (standing in a torrent, and someone says "Oh its raining." ) i tend all too often lately to say, "ya think?"
if some one asks for confirmation-- i am likely to say "sound ok, by me"
and if i am feel foxy (not good looking foxy, but wild and daring foxy--like foxy grapes..) and want to agree, i might say.. "everything's copacetic!"
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