Today's Lexicon

It has been debated, challenged and questioned. Here is the answer:

Yeah - (yě'ə, yā'ə, yā'ə) Pronunciation Key adv. Informal Yes. [Variant of yea.]
Origin: 1900–1905

Yea - (yā) adv. Origin: bef. 900
1. yes (used in affirmation or assent).
2. indeed: Yea, and he did come.
3. not only this but even: a good, yea, a noble man. –noun
4. an affirmation; an affirmative reply or vote.
5. a person who votes in the affirmative. Indeed; truly: They have spoken, yea shouted
their reply.

Yay!- (yā) interj. Used as an exclamation of pleasure, approval, elation, or victory

Welcome to New York....Thank You for the Inconvienience

I returned to New York a little over a week ago. Within moments of stepping foot off the plane I heard an announcement that was quintessentially New York. Just prior to disembarking the plane we, the passengers, were directed to claim our baggage at carousel number 1. Upon arrival at said carousel we were greeted with the following announcement.

"Passengers of flight 210 with service from Long Beach, your baggage claim has been changed to carousel number 4. Please proceed to carousel number 4....Thank you for the inconvienence."