The following three words all sound alike:
IThe following two words sound alike:
First person singular pronoun
eye
Organ of vision
aye
Yes, as in “Aye, Cap’n” or “the ayes have it”
yeaAnd the following word does not sound like any of the above:
Yes, as in, “Are you with me, yea or nay?” or “Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I shall fear no evil.”
yay
A cheer, similar to hooray, with which it rhymes.
yeahThis message brought to you by someone increasingly annoyed that anyone who writes or edits for a living can possibly be confused about this.
An informal or slang way to say yes, as in “yeah, right” or “yeah, I’ll pick it up on the way home.”
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