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- synonyms - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Looking at the definitions given for yeah, yeh, yep, or yup, all those words are defined as exclamation noun nonstandard spelling of yes, representing informal pronunciation Looking at the examples provided from the Werriam-Webster Online, it seems that yeah, and yep are used in two different cases
- Is yay or nay an acceptable alternative to yea or nay?
Is "yay or nay" an acceptable alternative to "yea or nay"? I have seen it several times in recent weeks, enough to make me wonder whether it is an emerging usage or just a common typo
- Something is yay big - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
The expression is actually (or originally) " yea big " or " yea high " where yea essentially means this Wiktionary has an entry for yea: Thus, so (now often accompanied by a hand gesture) The pony was yea high Unfortunately, I haven't been able to find definitions for this word (with this sense) in any other dictionaries online Yay is most likely a corruption of yea
- Difference yea nay and yes no - four-form system [duplicate]
So, my brother is watching on tv a vote a in the American Congress He says that the members are asked to vote with yea nay (I have heard that from the Chamber of Commons in the UK as well) Now
- history - If the letter J is only 400–500 years old, was there a J . . .
Thus, the Greek spelling for "Jesus" was Ιησους, pronounced something like "Yeh-SOOS", and the Latin likewise was Iesus Subsequently, in the Latin alphabet the letter J was developed as a variant of I, and this distinction was later used to distinguish the consonantal "y" sound [j] from the vocalic "i" sound [i]
- pronunciation - How do you spell Aye Yai Yai - English Language . . .
The phrase that's spoken when someone is hand-wringing about a thorny problem Speaker One: Uh-oh -- we have to reformat ALL THE DOCUMENTS! Speaker Two: Aye Yai Yai, that's a lot of work! "Aye
- Use of ye in present-day Ireland and specifically Dublin
I wanted to know if quot;ye quot; is widely used in Ireland including Dublin area And more specifically, if it is commonly used by Millennials and younger generations, or rather is becoming less
- Im well vs. Im good vs. Im doing well, etc
The greeting How are you? is asking How are you doing in general? — How are you? I'm well [Misunderstood the question ] because well as an adjective which means: in good health especially a
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