Just so you know, there are more exciting ways to spell yes. Yass, yiss, and other variants including more S’s are used both in speech and informal writing to convey added enthusiasm and personality. This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “Why Spell “Yes” as “Yass” or “Yiss”?”
There is a new way to be emphatic in English, and this is to say the word yes differently.
And to spell it differently. You can spell it Y-A-S-S or Y-I-S-S or put a lot more S’s and a lot more I’s or A’s in it. So it’s yes or yes like that.
Yes.
Do you use this? I use this.
In writing or talking?
Either one, whichever is fine.
I don’t use it in writing, although I’ve seen it online.
Yes.
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