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Re: Words and Grammar and Stuff
« Reply #710 on: August 28, 2010, 03:47:35 PM »
The difference between "ya", "yea", and "yeah".

Ya is a short a. Like Pa.

Yea is a long a. Like hooray.

Yeah is a short e and a short a combined.

Use the right one.

Now, I have to take issue with you here:

If Ya is like Pa, it's not a short a, it's a pure vowel, ar as in arm
Yea is not a long vowel, it's a diphthong, like the sound in day
Yeah is a short vowel, just e like in end

And yes, I said I was a pedant

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Re: Words and Grammar and Stuff
« Reply #711 on: August 29, 2010, 10:48:39 PM »
Ok, all that's great. Just use the right one.
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Re: Words and Grammar and Stuff
« Reply #712 on: August 30, 2010, 07:24:42 AM »
Yes

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Re: Words and Grammar and Stuff
« Reply #713 on: August 30, 2010, 07:17:19 PM »
The difference between "ya", "yea", and "yeah".

Ya is a short a. Like Pa.

Yea is a long a. Like hooray.

Yeah is a short e and a short a combined.

Use the right one.

Now, I have to take issue with you here:

If Ya is like Pa, it's not a short a, it's a pure vowel, ar as in arm
Yea is not a long vowel, it's a diphthong, like the sound in day
Yeah is a short vowel, just e like in end

And yes, I said I was a pedant

Maybe in the Queen's English but Junior was right for Americans, spot on actually - we colonials have adapted the language to suit our purposes here on the continent. ;D
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Re: Words and Grammar and Stuff
« Reply #714 on: August 30, 2010, 09:15:09 PM »
The difference between "ya", "yea", and "yeah".

Ya is a short a. Like Pa.

Yea is a long a. Like hooray.

Yeah is a short e and a short a combined.

Use the right one.

Now, I have to take issue with you here:

If Ya is like Pa, it's not a short a, it's a pure vowel, ar as in arm
Yea is not a long vowel, it's a diphthong, like the sound in day
Yeah is a short vowel, just e like in end

And yes, I said I was a pedant

Maybe in the Queen's English but Junior was right for Americans, spot on actually - we colonials have adapted the language to suit our purposes here on the continent. ;D

Actually, it's the English that have changed their pronunciation, as rounder vowels became more fashionable during (I think it was) the Regency.

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Re: Words and Grammar and Stuff
« Reply #715 on: August 31, 2010, 09:11:10 AM »
Ah me. Britain and America, divided by a common language  :P

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Re: Words and Grammar and Stuff
« Reply #716 on: September 01, 2010, 07:02:53 AM »
Future Conditional. Listen. Discuss.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00tjf52

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Re: Words and Grammar and Stuff
« Reply #717 on: September 01, 2010, 09:47:10 AM »
Future Conditional. Listen. Discuss.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00tjf52

Stephen Fry discusses the English language? How did I not know of the existence of this program? I don't have time now, but I'll listen when I get home tonight!

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Re: Words and Grammar and Stuff
« Reply #718 on: September 01, 2010, 01:28:56 PM »
Future Conditional. Listen. Discuss.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00tjf52

Stephen Fry discusses the English language? How did I not know of the existence of this program? I don't have time now, but I'll listen when I get home tonight as soon as I can!
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Re: Words and Grammar and Stuff
« Reply #719 on: September 13, 2010, 08:54:11 AM »
misogynist vs. misogynistic - both these adjectives exist, right? What's the difference? Is there a difference (meaning, usage...)?