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.

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, …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Dec 11, 2014 · No worries is an expression seen in Australian/British/New Zealand-English meaning " do not worry about that". that's all right sure thing It is similar to the English no problem. "No worries" …

Specifically, I wish to know why the "lles" in Versailles (vər-ˈsī) is not pronounced in American English. If you listen to a French person pronounce it then you'll hear them end the word with "yeh" (ver - sigh - …

Oct 21, 2015 · I can hardly say the word need be used, since that's 395 written instances without it. But Google Books claims to have 1,140 instances pointing out that the word needs to be used. Without …