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 …

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.

Jan 22, 2011 · They are differentiated by spelling: Yay [ jɛi ] (as opposed to, say, boo) is for joy and exultation; Yeah [ jæ ] (synonym of yes, opposite of nah) is for ordinary assent; and Yea [ jɛi ] …

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 …

Jan 31, 2012 · 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, …

Mar 29, 2014 · For the life issue in the body of the question, previously-suggested one-time thing is what I would use. However, for the title question, "Word/phrase to mean something that just happens …

May 11, 2011 · Per Difference between 'haven't …yet' and 'didn't… yet', the presence of "yet" at the end of both these alternatives makes a huge difference to how "acceptable" they are. So unless you think …

Dec 13, 2010 · Which one is it really: hear hear or here here? Where does the saying really come from?

I know there are already many posts on still and yet, but I really find it difficult to use them as conjunction as in following sentences: It's a small car, yet/still it's surprisingly spaci...

Jan 29, 2014 · 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 …