Comments on: Yeah, yay, yah & ya

By: Mold Removal Tampa

Mold Removal Tampa — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 13:17:00 +0000

Yeah, this is a good explanation.

By: Christopherwbounds

Christopherwbounds — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 22:21:13 +0000

“Hey Jen, are you going to with us to the mall.”- girl a; “Yeah, I’ll go”- girl b

I would not consider you to be an expert on grammar either.

By: markdarcy

markdarcy — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 02:31:59 +0000

According to whom, exactly?

By: Jack

Jack — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 19:56:02 +0000

Yay! Someone who agrees with me…

By: deanna

deanna — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 22:38:07 +0000

I believe your grammer is correctly spelled, grammar. Sorry, just had to mention it. My husband is a fanatic on correct spelling and pronounciation, particularly…congratulations vs.
congradulations. One hears so many people incorrectly spell and pronounce that word.

By: Deanna

Deanna — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 22:32:40 +0000

Thanks, GENPINK, for clarifying these as I, too, have seen variations and had become totally confused as to which one is correct usage.

By: Jody

Jody — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 23:04:50 +0000

Yeah, this is a good explanation. Yay, I'm glad I found this site!

By: frankchitown

frankchitown — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 09:31:33 +0000

English 101

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facebook-731926926 — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 09:26:24 +0000

English 101

By: Lisa

Lisa — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 02:58:18 +0000

I agree that “yay” and “yeah” are clearly different, but there are gray areas. I’m curious how old the person was who said (in Melanie’s post), “I’m going to the beach today! Yeah!” In the late 80′s, people also used “Yeah” (pronounced close to ye-uh as described above) as an exclamation of joy: think of the song “Oh, yeah!” in the movie “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.” To me, it would be okay to use “yeah” in that sentence if it’s really pronounced as “yeah” and not “yay.”