Do Brits, Aussies, or Kiwis say "Yikes"? (The word is in a headline on CNN, about hurricane Ike, har de har.)
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Occasionally.
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More common in Britain in the 20s and 30s. Or the occasional American actor playing an English Cockney (Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins)
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Brits don't, I can't speak for the others.
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NO.
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Brits don't or certainly not in scotland.
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No, no one goes around saying Yikes in NZ or Australia, it's not popular slang in those countries.
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