A commonly made English mistake!

[Wildstar]

Okay, this get on my nerves LIKE MAD! As you all know, my grammar isn't totally flawless, but probably the best on this website. So you can imagine that I've gotten used to read the wrong "there"'s, missing commas, and no capitalization...or sometimes too much! Don't even get me started on chatspeak!
But anyways, there are two words, that people often misspell. Now, they spell the word incorrectly all the time, but why does the spellchecker say that it's okay? Because it is actually a word, but with a different, yet similar (depending on usage) meaning.
So, what is this word?

"Yeah"

That is how it is spelled.

"Yea"

That is how you guys spell it...and it is actually a real word, but it's not "Yeah".



The word, "yea", is pronounced "yay". You know, when people say "Yay! You won!" Well, "yay" is not a word. Why do you think spellchecker marks it? I mean, technically, "yay" is a word, it's just spelled, "yea". So the sentence I mentioned earlier would actually be spelled, "Yea! You won!".
But the word, "yea", means more. That's right, it's not just a cheer. You know in old fashioned courts, people would say, "All if favor say 'yay', all apposed, say, "nae'"? That's right, it's really 'yea'. So the REAL sentence would look like: "All if favor say 'yea', all apposed, say, "nae'".

So, where did dropping the 'h' on yeah all begin? Well, we can ask those same idiots who pronounce the word "sherbet", "sher•bert". In other words, some dumbo who was reading an older book that they were saying: "All if favor say 'yeah', all apposed, say, "nae'". You never hear that phrase with that word on TV! You'd think that the idiots who read that would be able to put two and two together, and figure it out, but no!

That was a big long explanation, but an interesting lesson. Hey, you know what they say, you learn something new everyday. And don't say that you already knew that, because the vast majority spell the word "yeah" incorrectly!

Now what? You're going to say "I really DID already know, that, but I'm just too lazy to put the 'h', lol." Well, most of you quit using chatspeak. So you're not too lazy to type our "why" instead of "y", and yet you cannot press the 'h' button!? It's really not that time consuming, trust me. I promise you, it's not!

So, in short...

Yeah=Yes

Yea=Hooray/Old English Yes

[Erased]

I never knew I was using the correct one!
And I've always pronounced Sherbet wrong... I pronounce it "Surebert" XD.
I think it comes from my habit of saying
Surebert! when someone asks me a question.

[Wildstar]

Ahaha! Well congratulations on spelling "yeah" correctly, and just work on pronouncing "sherbet" correctly and you'll be good! xD
Actually, a few years ago, Webster's edited the entry on "sherbet"; it can now be pronounced either. Either way being "sher•bert" and "sher•bet", of course. But it was never originally allowed. But so many people butchered it (like so many of the French words we use in English!) that the rule was bent.

[Wildstar]

Of course. No one else has the guts to even LOOK at this. Pansies.

[Fallenheart]

I just read that. XD I always type 'yay' and not 'yea'. But I ALWAYS type 'yeah' instead of 'yea'. xD

[Fallenheart]

I pronounce 'sherbert' 'surebert', but I spell it as 'sherbert'. It's pronounced as 'surebert', right?? Or is it pronounced a different way?

[Nightheart]

My friend cat say Firetruck.................she says Firefu**

[Jac]

I prefer Shakespearean...XDD

[Wildstar]

Haha, Nightheart! xD
As I mentioned, Mintleaf, it's originally (and it still is, but it's optionally) pronounced "sher•bit", but everyone butchered it, so it can now be pronounced either way.

[Nightheart]

I like to speak Shakespearean, but I also talk like im from the South...................I have a bit of an acent, but the weird thing is I have lived in Oregon all my life

[Wildstar]

I talk like I'm a gangster, sometimes. But I usually talk how I type/write.

[Jac]

Lol

[Nightheart]

Yah me too...................like whatever.............LOL!!! No I never say that.............I say things like O Tay!

[Wildstar]

This needs to be bumped.

[Darkstar]

I told someone about the yea and yeah thing yesterday. I was like "Yea is pronounced yay and yeah is pronounced ya. Go look it up on dictionary.com." She hasn't talked to me about that since xD.