Is "yay or nay" an acceptable alternative to "yea or nay"?
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.
pronunciation - How do you spell "Aye Yai Yai" - English Language ...
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, …
Something is "yay" big - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
I have heard expressions like "It was yay big" or "It was yay by yay." a couple of times now, always accompanied by a gesture indicating the size of something. Does anybody know where this word …
"Will I" vs. "I will" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
Aug 11, 2015 · Subject-auxiliary inversion (which is the technical term for changing I will to will I) is required in yes-no questions, and is optional in several situations. This is one; when a negative …
Why 'aye aye sir' instead of 'yes sir' in naval response?
Oct 21, 2014 · From Wikipedia, I know Aye aye sir is used in a naval response. I want know the origin of why Aye aye sir is used here? Another question: when I saw TV series A Song of Ice and Fire, I …
Where did Shakespeare get 'milk of human kindness' from?
Jul 13, 2019 · In Shakespeare's 1606 play "Macbeth" the titular character is filled with ambition to become king. His wife, Lady Macbeth, says to him: Yet do I fear thy nature; it is too full o' …
Difference between 'haven't ...yet' and 'didn't.... yet'
Wikipedia has a decent article on past tenses that explains a lot of this. To summarise: "They didn't start yet" is the negative form of the simple past, "They started." In the positive form it indicates that the …
phrases - How is "but of course" different to just "of course ...
Sep 27, 2016 · Both expressions are responses to a question or comment from a third party. They are both saying that the answer should be obvious to the questioner. The "but" just adds emphasis to the …
"Hear hear" or "here here" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
Dec 13, 2010 · Which one is it really: hear hear or here here? Where does the saying really come from?
"Not quite yet" vs "not yet" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
Sep 23, 2013 · Does the phrase 'not quite yet' mean that something will be done shortly? Does this imply less time than just 'not yet'?