You do not need to use the same word three times when once will do. Further, yeah sounds stupid - just use yes.
Didn’t one of the Wart Hogs on the Smurfs say “yeah yeah yeah” all the time?
Other than that, I’ve never heard anyone say this.
Worked for Lennon/McCartney.
Possibly apocryphal story:
A linguist was lecturing to a crowded hall, and pointed out that, while double negatives indicate a positive in many languages, there’s no language in which a double positive indicates a negative.
Someone in the back of the hall shouted, “Yeah, right!”
Daniel
Very funny, Left Hand of Dorkness.
Bitch, bitch, bitch. Just kidding.
“Yeah yeah yeah,” to my ear, does mean something quite different from a simple yes, and different from a “yeah, right!” It indicates that, although possibly accurate, your interlocutor’s observation is too obvious/irrelevant/banal for a mother’s tears. Come to think of it, “bitch, bitch, bitch” has a meaning distinct from a lone “bitch,” as well, as “me, me, me” does from just “me” and “tick, tick, tick” does from “tick.”
People are using this expression to you? Hint: they don’t mean yes.
I liked “Maps”
But Two and a Half Inches of Fun “yes” doesn’t mean “you’re an insufferable bore/nag” to you, though, does it?
Unfortunately, it’s the only way to get rid of the Hatrocks.
Do you think there’s too many states nowadays too?
The way I have hearing it more of an enthusiastic yes. For example:
A: We should go see There Will Be Blood again.
B: Yeah yeah yeah, that movie was awesome.
A: Did you go to Herbie Hancock concert last?
B: Yeah yeah yeah, it was great.
Of course it’s redundant. The person saying it is subtly conveying the message “Yes, I’ve heard this a bunch of times before, you don’t need to keep repeating it!” by using “yeah” repetitiously.
I also disagree with your opinion of the word “yeah.” I think it is a perfectly acceptable colloquial affirmation, good for use in all but the most formal situations.
Beat me to it.
He must hate “She Loves You.”
I’ve never heard it used that way. I’ve only heard it used by someone annoyed with what the speaker is saying and trying to change the subject. That does sound really stupid.
Which explains why 2 1/2 inches is sick of hearing it.
Dude, do you just pit anything that comes into your head? This is almost as lame as someone pitting a name…oh wait.
And the Webby Award for Best Obscure Reference On A Message Board goes to…
I don’t know what he got for writing that post, but if you ask me, it shoulda been life!
“She Loves You, yes”
Doesn’t quite have the same impact somehow