YEA or YEAH
So I’m
writing a post and I want to express happiness about something. I write “yeah” then it doesn’t seem correct,
so I try “yea.” That didn’t seem right
either. I suppose I could Google it, but
instead I asked Mrs. Cranky.
“If I want to show happiness, is the
word Y-E-A, or Y-E-A-H?”
“Yes.”
“Yes. But is it spelled Y-E-A, or
Y-E-A-H.”
“Y-E-A-H.”
“Yea?”
“Yes.”
“Yes yea, or yes yeah.”
“Yup.”
“Yup what?”
“Yup yeah.”
“Yup Y-E-A-H or yup Y-E-A?”
“Yup Y-E-A-H.”
“So not Y-E-A.”
“No, Y-E-A is in yea or nay, Y-E-A-H
is yeah as in yippy.”
“Maybe I should just say yippy.”
“OK”
“I should Google it.”
I Googled it.
“Which is it?”
“Not Y-E-A or Y-E-A-H.”
“No?”
“Yeah”
“That’s what I said.”
“No, not Y-E-A, that means yes in the
affirmative, not Y-E-A-H, that means yup.
It should be Y-A-Y…Yay!”
I finally
just wrote that it makes me happy.
I think there are regional considerations that have to be taken into....consideration. If you're from Boston, (Bahston) then it'll be different than if you're from say, Louisiana. Were you saying something?
ReplyDeleteDefinitely YAY Joe - yeah is just yes with a small y but Yay is a YES with a fist pump!!
ReplyDeleteIts, it's, its'......um, it is sometimes hard to get the right spelling.
ReplyDeleteYeah, that's what I woulda done.
ReplyDeleteS
That's so funny because I was just debating this same issue two days ago. I also gave up and wrote something different. Yay!! Of course I won't remember that two months from now.
ReplyDeleteI'm a "yeah," man myself. But I do have difficulty with colloquial words like this.
ReplyDeleteThe definitive answer is in the title of my blog... erstwhile as it may be
ReplyDeleteYou can pronounce it anyway you want, but there's only one way to spell it
Who's on first? Bwahahahahahahahahaha.
ReplyDeleteHave a fabulous day. ☺
What!!! lol
ReplyDeleteIf I had heard that conversation while in a state of hunger, it would have driven me crazy; otherwise, yes/yea/yeah/yippee/yep, I get it.
Yay is good enough for me.
ReplyDeleteabsolutely! i use YAY!
ReplyDeleteYay! I think you've got it. Just don't give it to me.
ReplyDeleteYour life has become an extremely literate Abbott & Costello routine. Yippee!
ReplyDeleteDammit, I've been spelling it Y E E H A W this whole time.
ReplyDeleteDang! I commend you for expending all that effort to get the proper result! Which most people will not even notice. What's next on your agenda, ironing your underwear?
ReplyDeleteYay! You figured it out!
ReplyDeleteyippee, yehah, or woohoo does the trick for me ....
ReplyDeleteNo wonder emoticons of smiley faces have taken off! Haha, ok I go with Yeehaw myself.
ReplyDeleteYay is the one I use or woo-hoo with exclamation points. or this-> :)
ReplyDeleteI did the same thing. Asked my mom and got a similar reaction from her. Starting to think we might be related.
ReplyDelete