Yea, yeah, and yay are all real words that mean different things. Yeah is a more casual form of yes. Yea means yes too, but it's reserved primarily for formal votes. Yay is an expression of joy or excitement. Though yah can be used in place of yes, it's not as popular as yeah. Time magazine on Wednesday named Taylor Swift as its person of the year. "Picking one person who represents the eight billion people on the planet is no easy task. We picked a choice that Regardless, yeah and yea mean different things. Yea is an affirmative vote. Yeah is casual form of yes. Yay, a homophone of yea, is an exclamation that signals joy or happiness. You can remember that neither yea or democracy have the letter H, and both are related to voting. This trick should help you remember whether to use yeah or yea in your Yay. Yay is an exclamation that shows feelings such as excitement, joy, happiness, triumph, and approval. The origin is fuzzy though. opens in a new window Some dictionaries say it came from yeah, but most seem to think it evolved from the adverbial yay in the phrases yay big and yay high, but then the opens in a new window Oxford English Dictionary says that the yay in yay high probably came "You" is the grammatically correct, formal word. "Ya" is informal slang. See a translation 1 like potatogirl7 26 Jul 2014 English (UK) Ya is an informal way of saying you, it is usually said in front of friends or someone you REALLY don't like. You shouldn't say this in front of people you just met because some may find it rude. See a translation pm4F.

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