Yea, yeah, and yay are commonly equated with the word yes. If you’re one of the people doing it, you would be correct roughly sixty-six percent of the time—you can use yea or yeah for yes, but it’s a whole different story with yay, which is the exclamation people use to express joy. More @Wikipedia
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