Tag Archives: yep

A podcast? Yup.

My recent article for The Week on yup, nope, and related words has become a podcast. As always, my producer, Lauren Hansen, has added some extra audio illustrations. Give it a listen if you have five minutes:

Why do we have so many words for yes and no?

 

Nope? Yup. Welp…

My latest article for The Week answers the question, “Why do we have nope and yup… and yep and yeah and nah and yea and nay?” Or, as their title puts it,

Why do we have so many words for yes and no?