Madam, - Whatever happened to the word "yes"?
Every question by discussants on radio and TV when replied to in the affirmative is answered by the portmanteau word "absolutely".
Shall we soon find in our dictionaries against the word "yes" the notation "arch."? Oh, absolutely! - Yours, etc.,
WALTER C. ALLWRIGHT, Ardoyne House, Pembroke Park, Dublin 4.