Yes or Yess!

Normally, Yes is written with a single and there are several actions related to Yes – like Yes Boss, Yes Sir, and there is also one Yes Style Influencer Programme, Yes Style Shopping Guide and so on. There is also now YesStyle company, which employs a diverse team of over 400 people with offices located in Hong Kong, Korea and Japan, and our primary warehouse is located in Hong Kong.

Yes is a confirmation or an affirmative — a positive reply. When you say yes to a friend’s invitation to a party, it means you’ll be there. There’s no more positive word in the English language: You use yes to agree, to confirm, or to answer positively.

If you say `Exactly,’ you are agreeing with someone or emphasising the truth of what they say. If you say `Not exactly,’ you are telling them politely that they are wrong in part of what they are saying.

Yes is the opposite of no. We usually use yes to show that we agree with something, accept something or are willing to do something: A: Shall we stop for a coffee soon?

OK with spelling variations including okay, okeh, O.K., ok and Ok, as well as k in texting, is an English word (originating in American English) denoting approval, acceptance, agreement, assent, acknowledgement, or a sign of indifference.

Yes is the opposite of no. We usually use yes to show that we agree with something, accept something or are willing to do something. Yes is also used as a function word to express assent or agreement – Are you ready? Yes, I am. Yes is used as a function word, usually to introduce correction or contradiction of a negative assertion or direction – Don’t say that! Yes, I will. Yes is used as a function word to introduce a more emphatic or explicit phrase.  Yes is used as a function word to indicate uncertainty, polite interest, or attentiveness.

There are 20 ways to say – Sure, Absolutely, Alright, Of course, OK, Yeah, Affirmative, By all means, Indeed, YEP, Agreed, Certainly, I’m on board, No Doubt, No problem, Okey dokey, Uh huh, You bet.

Coming to my title for this blog, I browsed all this to know the tone behind saying not Yes but Yess when I shared something on social media with my granddaughter, Samaria, in the US, who instead of saying Yes replied Yess. When I countered with the question – What does this Yess–Yes with double SS mean?  She promptly replied – this Yess means, I am double sure in confirming this.  It was an amazing reply, and I thought of sharing.

Frankly speaking, this brief exchange with my granddaughter opened my eyes to how language, especially simple words like “yes,” can evolve and carry new meanings across generations and cultures. What seemed like a casual extra “s” turned out to be a playful yet powerful way to express enthusiasm and certainty. It made me realise that communication is not just about the words we use but how we adapt them to convey emotions and attitudes in our ever-changing world. And so, with a resounding “Yess,” I’m reminded that learning never stops, no matter how old we get.

Yess, over to you.