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10-05-2004, 05:08 PM
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Fuckin' A
Location: Lex Vegas
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Spelling of the word "yeah."
"Yeah" or "yea," which is it? I would have to say "yeah." "Yea" is an obsolete form of "yet." Phonetically, it would also be more correct to spell it "yeah." It's just a small pet peeve of mine, and thought I'd bring it up here since it is used often.
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10-05-2004, 05:14 PM
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Location: Texas
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i spell it "yeah", therefore, that is how you spell it
 i think it depends on the use of it, that may be two different words. yeah, i got into harvard!!! excitement yea, i got busted for looking at porn. do you pronounce the "h" or not? i'm confused now! thanks tspikes  |
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10-05-2004, 05:17 PM
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I'm a family man - I run a family business.
Location: Wilson, NC
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well, I always say "yeah" because "yea" looks like it should be pronounced "YEE!"
the "H" in "yeah" makes you say "yeh" and "ah" together, forming "yeah." if you leave the "H" out, you just have the "yeh" or "yee" part and it just doesn't make sense.
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10-05-2004, 05:29 PM
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I like to use, "Yea." The H seems unnecessary, unless of course I'm writing a paper or something for class.
To me, "ya" seems uncaring for some reason.. Kind of like they are responding out of necessity, but that they don't really have an opinion or care greatly about what they are responding to. |
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10-05-2004, 06:02 PM
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Yeah.
I think you'll find that is the most common spelling. I always "hear" the spelling "ya", "yah" as having a strong A at the end. "Yea" simply "sounds" like the Old English word to me (sounds like yee). So I would go with Yeah. Personal preference I suppose. Mr Mephisto |
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10-05-2004, 07:09 PM
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Location: Chicago
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I had way too many nuns in grammar school, I can still feel the ruler whenever I said the word YEAH -- instead of Yes, Sister. Writing out the word? Shouldn't happen...
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10-05-2004, 07:39 PM
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Location: Atlanta, GA
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I spell it like "yeah."
I always thought that "yea" was pronounced as "yay," but the general consensus seems to say that its pronounced as "yee," so maybe im wrong...
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10-05-2004, 07:59 PM
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Fuckin' A
Location: Lex Vegas
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Quote:
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10-05-2004, 09:46 PM
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With a mustache, the cool factor would be too much
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Like they've mentioned above, 'yea' is pronounced 'yay', as in, "All those in favor of passing the so-and-so bill into law, say 'yea'.
Those against, say 'nay'". 'Yay' is what you yell out when you're excited about getting a blow-job. 'Yeah' is a slap on the mouth from your hardline father trying to instill manners into your uncouth ass. 
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10-06-2004, 10:13 AM
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Free Mars!
Location: I dunno, there's white people around me saying "eh" all the time
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I got 3 different ways....
Yeah, Yea, and Ya Yeah is used professionally. Yea is not professional And ya is used when I'm stoned Yeah, it's not unlike the database to crash like that Yea, it's kinda stupid that the puck went off the board like that Yaa man! I'm soooooooooo stoned!
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