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Hell Yes, Hell No ???
Why do our American cousins fell the need to add "HELL" to an affirmative & negative (yes & no to us) answer/reply. ?????
P.S. Is it not all very John Wayne.!!!
Expat:: I have never EVER felt the need to add expletives before (or even after) a yes/no answer, I may say "definitely yes" or absolutely no/not, NEVER expletives and certainly not HELL. In fact I don't agree it adds weight to an answer, it's like people who swear, they just have a very limited vocabulary.
wartytoadjody39 where did you get the impression that "Brits" all have bad teeth, maybe your inbred rednecks are worse, and not only their teeth!!!!. We"Brits" think you yanks are all OBESE but one should not generalise. P.S. I am English not a Brit, a big BIG difference.
25 Answers
- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
You are sooo soooo right about the John Wayne thing, the cowboys and Indians is as far as their history goes back, that's all they know "hell this, hell that, ye haw, ride him cowboy," ALL very CHILDISH. P.S. they then went on to slaughter all the indigenous occupants of America, guns against bows.
- 1 decade ago
Well, i do feel that it is unnecessary to say "hell" in most situations..AND ALL of us Americans do not do it. Its very generalizing. I am American and we are not ALL about John Wayne. That was a long time ago and not in this generation. We do not all ride horses and shoot bow and arrow. That is an old stereo type of Americans. Its sort of saying all Brits have bad teeth..NOT all Brits have bad teeth.. I suppose a small population does..but not ALL.
Source(s): life - ElanaLv 71 decade ago
It is simply a way of making the term following it
more emphatic.
You'll also hear people put the F* word in front
of words for the same reason.
If everything you say is emphatic, ultimately
nothing you say is emphatic - so I agree that
its over-use degrades the conversation.
You're damn right...
- 6 years ago
I say hell yes and hell no and I'm british! I also say f*** yes and no too. Oh and not all british have bad teeth, you must be referring to our stupid chavs. I hate them, but they are everywhere. Ugh..
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- Anonymous1 decade ago
The Americans turn other countries (Iraq for one) into a living HELL with their bombs and bully boy tactics. Is it HELL, Hell yes it is.
- MoiMoiiLv 51 decade ago
Similar to what the English would sometimes say " What the hell....." What on earth...." " You can bloody well....."
Just more of a colloquial thing I guess.
- Veruca SaltLv 61 decade ago
They are slang terms used to indicate complete agreement or disagreement. Instead of saying "very much so", people use the term "hell yes". Likewise, instead of saying, "never in a million years", you could say "hell no".
- 1 decade ago
It's a way people put emphasis on the word no. Which I don't believe it needs, no means no.
