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Re: yeah (was Re: Moraic codas)

From:Justin Mansfield <jdm314@...>
Date:Wednesday, July 18, 2001, 21:48
> BTW, isn't "yes!" used as an exclamation much like "yay!"? The Swedish
word
> for "yes", namely "ja", is frequently used as a such exclamation, so
you can
> see were I got the idea that "yay" and "yea" are the same - they sound
the
> same and they translate as the same word! > > Andreas >
I'm pretty sure that "Yay!" is etymologically the same word as "yea." Yay is sometimes seen spelled <yeah> even, and occasionally you see barbarisms like "yay verily!" Despite the confusions, I think most english speakers perceive them as two different words. "Yes!" can indeed be used as an exclamation, but I don't know that it has the same meaning. Exactly what the difference is is a little difficult to finger, though. "Yay!" seems to be synonymous with hurrah/hurray, and yes... is... um... not? JDM

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