I am perpetually confused by how to spell exclamations of joy, namely "Yay!" Is it "yay" or "yeah" or "yae" or "Ya"???? I spell it "yay" and I use "yeah" like this:
"Yeah, but I don't really enjoy the whole idea of hankies."
Or, "Hell, yeah, I want pie!"
So, which is it? Whose gonna look that up? Yay (or yeah or yae or whatever) for you!
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I'm the same as you. YAY!! means yay. and Yeah, means yes.
Well done on the workout...and the weights and lunges etc. go you!
I vote for "Yay" as Hurrah, and "yeah", as yes. But I've seen "yea" as both hurrah, and yes, so it's confusing. I used to be really good at spelling, but I find myself wondering about lots of words anymore. Was thinking I could start a blog on the evils of aging.
PS: and what about Yah as Yay since hurrah is spelled with the rah at the end? But that makes me want to say ya - like the kids do when you really want them to say "yes".
I am horrible at spelling but I do "know" that YAY means YIPPEE! and Yeah means yes. It's an opinion thing but since I'm usually right, I'd go with Yay and Yeah :-)
Oh no...I think I have been using my expressions wrong my whole life. I use yeah as yippee and yes. Oh the humility!
Yay I am a loser.
Yeah I am a loser.
you pick which one you want to be right!
I was reading last night before going to sleep and on the one page I actually made it through before nodding off I saw a sentence with a Yay! And it was used as yippee!
I think those things are edited by professionals so I am going with that as my final answer. And since I am a women I can admit that I was wrong. Thanks for learnin' me something new!
Thanks, Lisa, for finding the professional answer. And, if you're an idiot for not knowing how to spell "yay" then I am a super moron, cuz I screw up spelling all the time.
Yea - Julie, that one is a puzzler. Darn English language.
And if it makes you feel better, Lisa, I have just noticed that I used "whose" incorrectly in the original post.
Whose going to look that up? I think that should be "Who's" as in who is. Though I could have said, "Whose job will it be to look that up?" Again, darn English language!
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