I live in California, and one of my girlfriends who lives here is originally from Iowa. Occasionally she uses the word “yeppers.” I just thought it was her own cute little word and never asked her about it. Then, recently, Mr. Pug and I were at an oyster bar and one of the shuckers said “yeppers.” I did a double-take, thought about it for a second, and asked “Are you from Iowa?” He said “yeppers.” I told him about my girlfriend, and he said, "That’s nothing. I knew a lot of guys from North Carolina when I was in the Army, and they say, “yepp ------- ppers!”
Do you midwest and eastern seaboard Dopers say “yeppers”?
Where in Wisconsin? I grew up in SE WI amid the Swiss, and never heard it. Then I went to school in a Norwegian part of the state and everybody was saying it.
I grew up in Central Wisconsin, about 30 miles S. of Stevens Point. German was probably the most significant ethnicity. But my uncle says it a lot, and he’s Greek, so I don’t know what that means.
I’m from Maryland - Western Shore, central, I don’t know it’s a small state and it’s late - and I don’t say it. But a friend I went to school with from Western PA said it a lot.
I use Yup and Nope all the time when I am trying to be cute with customers and get away from them at the same time.
Yet another Wisconsinite checking in(and UWSP alum) and I have heard yeppers quite often. Of course it should never be confused with the more often used ** Oshityahey! **
Lunatic…Where are you from… Plainfield??? Coloma???
pugluvr, this post was the first I’ve heard of “yeppers”. But when I saw my girlfriend I asked her, “Yeppers. Have you heard of it? Do you say it?” and she asked, “Why, because I’m from Iowa?” She confirmed the use of the term is rampant in that state, but she personally never used it.
