It's spelled 'yea', not 'yay.'

'Yay' is an exclamation that shows you're pleased with something.

'Yea' means yes.

Carry on.

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Don't tell me what to do. I'm a strong independent woman. Hell yay

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Nea (instead of yea)


'Nea' means No.

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Actually, that's nay.

Yea or nay.

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No it's yay or nay

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It's internet, there are no woman here.

Here men are men, women are men, and 12 year old children are FBI agents.

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Of course? I actually have not noticed anyone misusing these....am I just not paying enough attention?

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Have you looked at the forum in the past week? So many threads of the format "Game X: Yay or nay" >_<

Someone had to say it.

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I have but to be honest my mind has been all over the place lately, lots of crap going down around me.....

Oh well!

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It only makes sense Hillary Clit-ton, you're a very busy lady.

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Shouldn't swim in the sewers. It's bad for your health.

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But generally if you are pleased with something, aren't you saying yes to it?
It's more like a general positive response vs negative response, instead of just yes or no I think.

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I thought that was like a trend or brand name-ish campaign.

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example: ** Simulator - Yay Or Nay?**

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Yay

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Yeah

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Yesh.

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Stop slurring your speech

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Found Sean Connery

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+1

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Sometimes "s" button on keyboard is broken AND replaced by "a" button.

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Sometimes when I break my middle finger I just give everyone I am yelling at a thumbs up!

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Shollow me.
Go go go!
Roger that.

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This is how I always spell it.

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Yeah and Yea mean different things though, don't they.

As in, Yea means Yes and Yeah is used for excitement.

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I thought so as well, but I can't be any more wrong. "Yea" is a word from Old English "gea" or "ge", which meant "oh yes" in Modern English. While "yeah", on the other hand, is American way of drawling "yes", so basically it's not a word. But both are acceptable.

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still can't believe you're back. yay! (yea, that is a correct use of that word)

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Its only temporary IIRC

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like the temporary absence of Crossbourne? ...is it temporary at all, his inactivity? A lot has come and gone. sob

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I'll almost certainly become less active come late August. I may not leave entirely again, though. We'll see.

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Wait wait wait ... we just started building this connection, you know, with me being Queen and stuff, and you already plan on vanishing again? Mods always tend to either ban me or break my heart.
I want to be a mod too.

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We'll always have New York.

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Yah, what he said.

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I thought it was spelled "Yeah", with an H, so I win?

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Neah!"

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Nope, I already got that prize. I'll be sure to enjoy it.

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I blame CollegeHumor for this, they have a series of videos called 'Yay or nay'

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"Yay" has been in the English lexicon since almost the inception of the internet. You give college humor far to much credit.

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Yea! Now I know which is which, this is right yay?

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damn i can't even make the post-ironic post about using yea or yay or something

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You are all wrong.

It's Yuqh. (q is silent)

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Though interestingly, for something like "Game X, yay or nay" it's not even that bad if you look at it as will I be thinking yay when playing X game.

And yep, also spell it as "yeah".

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I'm not even a native speakers, and I always thought, it's yay or nay ...
But after this PSA I had to check and yeaaaaaa
I think the conclusion we can make is that "yay or nay" is now part of the pop culture. :O

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Yup

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Yay!

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Yea, yay!

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Actually..it's "yeah", not "yea". If you're going to be an ass-hole and pick on people for making a grammar error and even go so far as to create a thread about it(which in itself is pitiful), then at least make sure you got it right yourself, you illiterate prick.

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lrn2parliamentaryprocedure, you illiterate prick

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Shouldn't there be a ' thingy in front of the letter y in 'yea?

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I'm not sure what you're asking, mainly because I don't know which instance you're referring to. However, I'm very tired and I'm going to bed. I'll check in a few hours when I wake up and hopefully answer you then, assuming there's been some clarification.

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No, there is not. Don't mess it up with those 'cos or 'kay things. Those are from lazy slang, this is from Old English.

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I'll post this here too

but it is Yay or nay that is 100% acceptable though homophones and an eggcorn it still is useable and people understand it.

IE: It's spelled Tyger not Tiger but screw it let's go without the i umm it is waaay faster. . . all over the English language th lexicon changes due to the younger generation then becomes embedded and is attempted to be solidified by the elder generation. . . who, in turn, always are proven wrong (Though only linguistics people understand and accept all societies loves to think that the spelling rules of the standing time are 100% correct)

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Old English tigras (plural), also in part from Old French tigre "tiger" (mid-12c.), both from Latin tigris "tiger," from Greek tigris, possibly from an Iranian source akin to Old Persian tigra- "sharp, pointed," Avestan tighri- "arrow," in reference to its springing on its prey, "but no application of either word, or any derivative, to the tiger is known in Zend." [OED]. Of tiger-like persons from c.1500. The meaning "shriek or howl at the end of a cheer" is recorded from 1845, American English, and is variously explained. Tiger's-eye "yellowish-brown quartz" is recorded from 1886.

What Tyger are you talking about? :-/

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Yay - So good that it makes you happy
Neigh - So terrible that it makes you a horse

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yope

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PSA: PSA now mean PlayStation Announcement.

I'll walk myself out

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Yay grammar nazi! Also, when in doubt, go with aye

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All in favor say YAY, all not say NAY

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Nein

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I always say yay as a yay, but now I'm not sure if people really mean yay or yes.
Damn you!

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