Once we started communicating with emojis, actual language was doomed.
Yea (sounds like "yay") is from the Bible or an affirmative vote, whereas "yeah" is slang for yes.
Another one I see a lot in texts: "awe!" instead of "aw!" responding to something cute or sweet.
Was an editor for many years. Painful to watch our nuanced language skills devolve to happy faces and cartoon characters.
Hey, if they want to keep saying it with two syllables (whoa-ah), they're free to do so.
Sort of like how we've managed to revert to "yea (verily)" over "yeah" lately.
Once we started communicating with emojis, actual language was doomed. Yea (sounds like "yay") is from the Bible or an affirmative vote, whereas "yeah" is slang for yes.
Another one I see a lot in texts: "awe!" instead of "aw!" responding to something cute or sweet.
Was an editor for many years. Painful to watch our nuanced language skills devolve to happy faces and cartoon characters.