Yes, yay, and yeah!
 

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.

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

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" :-)

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

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

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

awesome bugs me more.

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

Oye and oy vey.

Oh jeh and oh weh.

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;.)

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

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

Oui, ouaii, oc...

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

Meilleurs voeux,

Rex

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;

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

<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.

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

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.

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. ;-)

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.