Salt and vinegar chips. Yay or nay?
A big Yay!
--Michael D. Clarke
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That shit isn't allowed in my house. Seriously, vinegar is like my kryptonite.
shareFUCK NO!
shareSalt and vinegar is goat
shareNot bad.
shareYay. Diversion from sweet can be ethereal.
shareCongratulations on being the one billionth person on the internet to misspell "yea" as "yay."
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It is right.
yay
interjection
ˈyā
—used to express joy, approval, or excitement
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yay share
"It is right."
No, it isn't:
yea
archaic • formal
yes.
"she has the right to say yea or nay"
yea
ˈyā
: yes
—used in oral voting
yea
2 of 2
noun
1
: affirmation, assent
2
a
: an affirmative vote
b
: a person casting a yea vote
The word "yea" is a very old word (as is the word "nay"), which is mostly only used today in oral voting ("yea or nay"), as it has been for hundreds of years. The word "yay" wasn't even in Webster's dictionary until fairly recently (the past 10 years or so), and is what, e.g., children say when they get ice cream.
The reason so many people misspell it is because "yea" is pronounced exactly the same as "yay." This type of misspelling is known as an "eggcorn":
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noun
a word or phrase that results from a mishearing or misinterpretation of another, an element of the original being substituted for one that sounds very similar or identical (e.g. tow the line instead of toe the line ).
"a reader sent in the eggcorn “sir name” for surname"
I mean, it's still right. It might be out of date, but we still use old fashioned words all the time like "thus".
share"I mean, it's still right."
No, it isn't, and that the incorrect word "yay" means something sort of similar to the correct word "yea" is what makes it an an eggcorn rather than a malapropism:
An eggcorn is the alteration of a phrase through the mishearing or reinterpretation of one or more of its elements,[1] creating a new phrase having a different meaning from the original but which still makes sense and is plausible when used in the same context.
"It might be out of date, but we still use old fashioned words all the time like "thus"."
What are you talking about? "Yay" isn't out of date; it's the exact opposite in fact; it's a neologism that wasn't even included in Webster's dictionary until sometime in the last 10 years or so, so it obviously can't be the correct word for a term ("yea or nay") that has been in use for hundreds of years.
The word "yea" (which is pronounced like "yay," [rhymes with "hay," "nay," "pay," etc.] not like "yeah" [rhymes with nothing that I know of]) is archaic / out of date, but it's still the correct word for use in oral voting ("yea or nay"). Do you really think that when, e.g., senators are formally voting, they are using a children's expression of exuberance ("yay") which is tantamount to saying "hurray"?
The Senate votes on bills, resolutions, motions, amendments, nominations, and treaties in a variety of ways. If one-fifth of a quorum of senators request it, the Senate will take a roll-call vote. In a roll-call vote, each senator votes “yea” or “nay” as his or her name is called by the clerk, who records the votes on a tally sheet.
https://www.senate.gov/about/powers-procedures/voting.htm
Again, the correct word is "yea," which is an archaic word which simply means "yes." Unlike the neologism "yay," it doesn't express any sort of emotion; it only means "yes," just as "nay" only means "no" (as opposed to a word like "boo" which is in the same category as the word "yay.") share
As 'yay' is a modern usage while 'yea' is archaic it is arguably the more correct version (assuming you're not talking about oral voting, of course...)
"As 'yay' is a modern usage while 'yea' is archaic it is arguably the more correct version"
No, they are two unrelated words, aside from them being homophones, which is a mere coincidence.
"Yay" is a childish interjection which conveys emotion and means the same thing as "hurray," while "yea" is an old word which means the same thing as "yes," is not an interjection, and conveys no emotion.
"Yes," not "yay," is the modern version of "yea." While saying/writing "yay" to a yes or no / yea or nay question would suggest a yes/yea response, it also indicates that you're happy about it, and that you're either a child or childlike.
"No, they are two unrelated words"
That is true- I guess "yeah" would be the best one to use then, as it can function as both!