Underhill

I can't stand it any more.

"Yay" = whoopee, I'm happy.

"Yea" = yes.

"Yeah" = okay, sure, you bet.

So, yay for people who know the difference.

Grumble, grumble.

scatcat

Took me a second...thanks for the correct info. I've probably been guilty of using the wrong word.

logos999

Yes, but since "Ja" in German means "Yes" and "Ja" is pronounced "Yea", I'm using "yea" far too much...

It's always "yes", never "yea"

dmlove

In what language does "yea" mean "yes"?

logos999

Again , "yea" is "yes" in German.

cigalechanta

LOl.......
I understand but there are more important things to get to your state

awesome bugs me more.

zeppole

Really? Really? You're sure about that? There are these rules for slang and exclamations?

Oye and oy vey.

logos999

Oh jeh and oh weh.

Robespierre

Isn't <i>ja</i> pronounced &quot;yah&quot;?

<i>In what language does &quot;yea&quot; mean &quot;yes&quot;?</i> English - as in &quot;vote yea or nay.&quot; It rhymes with &quot;nay&quot;.

(To add to the confusion, it's also &quot;vote aye or nay&quot;.)

logos999

&gt;Isn't ja pronounced &quot;yah&quot;?
Those prussians don't count .
They don't speak proper high german anyway. ;-)

logos999

And they say &quot;nay&quot; for no, instead of &quot;nah&quot; like any Bavarian would do. Strange people.

rex

Oui, ouaii, oc...

zis English languazh of wish you speak is indeed very confuzing...

Meilleurs voeux,

Rex

yipper

An English teacher was saying that, &quot;In English a double negative equals a positive, but a double positive never equals a negative.&quot; A student in the group said,&quot;Yea, right.&quot;

JulieVikmanis

I hate bookmarking but this one I'm bookmarking. Always, always have trouble with this. Somehow whatever I type never looks right. Thanks.

Robespierre

<i> A student in the group said,&quot;Yea, right.&quot;</i>

Actually, he meant &quot;yeah&quot; - but the educational system failed the poor little feller.

helen_belsize

How can you tell if there is an h at the end Yea versus Yeah? Still getting told off by my mother for not saying Yes in my middle age. If you have not discovered it for yourself say Yessss to those computer telephone systems, they do not recognise Yea as a positive answer

Underhill

The &quot;h&quot; at the end makes the pronunciation &quot;yah.&quot; &quot;Yea&quot; just rhymes with nay.

Anyone remember the Danny Kaye film &quot;The Court Jester&quot;? If so you'll remember the &quot;yea, verily, yea&quot; scene, a real hoot.

Good to hear from you, Rex.

logos999

Now what about

&quot;mm-hm&quot; for yes and
&quot;nn-nn&quot; for no

This seems to be the common thing of most languages. ;-)

Padraig

logos999 wrote: &quot;Now what about mm-hm&quot; for yes and &quot;nn-nn&quot; for no. This seems to be the common thing of most languages&quot;

But not all. The Celtic languages do not have any words for &quot;yes&quot; or &quot;no&quot;.

Probably because we are not argumentative people.