What's the difference?
2007-10-09 05:17:26 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
yea is pronounced "yay" and means yes. As in when taking a verbal vote and you count the "yea" and "nay" votes
yeah is pronounced "yeh" and is slang/vernacular for yes.
They are very closely related words and often interchanged.
2007-10-09 05:29:10 · answer #1 · answered by CoachT 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It is both depending on which you mean to say! Yea is the word used for a vote, as in yea or nay while yeah is the slang for yes!
2007-10-09 05:31:58 · answer #2 · answered by Chris B 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yea is an old fashioned term originating from Old English - think of Sunday morning in church (ha ha as if!) - "Yea (yay) verily I say unto thee!".
Yeah is a more modern slang word for yes. You won't find Shakespeare yeah-ing around in his plays but you will find the word yea in there more than once or twice!
2007-10-09 05:48:20 · answer #3 · answered by Tatsbabe 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yea (pronounced 'yay) = formal form of yes OR it can mean the same thing as hooray! As in, "Yea, we're going to Six Flags!!!"
Yeah (pronounec "yah") = slang for yes
2007-10-09 05:51:56 · answer #4 · answered by here's my name 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a matter of preference...I use yeah, but I get annoyed at people using Ya....Ya and Yea/Yeah would definitely be pronounced differently. I did work with someone who actually said Ya....it was strange.
2007-10-09 05:45:24 · answer #5 · answered by Smooch The Pooch 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
there isnt really a difference i dont think..
they sound the same?!
but i always use yeah..
my mom used yea tho!
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2007-10-09 05:20:43 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
no difference but most people prefer "yeah"
2007-10-09 05:21:03 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
They both mean the same...I use Yeah..
2007-10-09 05:20:10 · answer #8 · answered by Determined at will 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
this word doesn't exist in the dictionary so you can write as u want : ! I use yeah !
2007-10-09 05:21:50 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
i think its both, its like OK and okay.
but i use yeah
2007-10-09 06:44:50 · answer #10 · answered by lavender_lights 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋