Does "Aye" mean "yes"???

[laetitia85]

Sorry if this sounds like a stupid question but I'm not originally from the Uk and sometimes I hear people saying "Aye", I think it means "yes" but I wonder why people don't just say "yes".
Is it welsh or scottish or another way of saying yes in english?

Do YOU say 'aye'?

and is there another way of saying 'no'?

I wanna learn!

 

[Snuggle]

Hiya, I'm Scottish and we say 'aye' for 'yes'. There are English who use it to, Geordies I think use it and Irish use it too

 

[Xena]

I say aye sometimes, and yep it does mean yes.

Why do people say it? Dunno really - why do people say "yep' or 'yeah' ? lol

I don't know where it originated - scotland maybe I'm not sure.


As for another way or saying no.....nah, nope, nay take your pick lol

 

[Flame]

I use Aye for yes to sometimes, depends what kind of a mood i am in. I think a lot of Yorkshire folk use it to, I think it is a northern thing.

 

[Krystal]

aye it means yes I think I probably say aye more than yes but most people in Northeast do I would say

 

[NickS]

Another on here that uses Aye more than yes.

It has naval roots and northern roots for its usage.

 

[Melly+2]

Aye i say it alot, i also say 'ne' for no, must be a rotherham thing lol

 

[HappyAlice]

I'm from Lincolnshire and I hear 'oh aye' alot here.

 

[x-kirsty-x]

Yeah we use it all the time 8)

 

[zebrastripes]

We say it constantly..aye right...aye mate...aye I am...aye are ya, right enough..aye...

My dad always tells me off,he's from a non-aye-saying part of the world

 

[valentine]

We definitely say 'aye' in Scotland, its just a colloquial thing - like we say 'wee' for small, 'kirk' for church etc etc

Valentine Xxx

 

[Red_Fairy]

My boyfriend is from Glasgow, and always says aye, and its rubbed of on me. I love all the little scotish words like 'wee' 'wayne' (= baby/kid)

 

[kimmumof2]

i say ahhh, bit like aye, for yes and say nah for no.

xxxxx

 

[sparky]

Aye hen x

When i first moved up here i was like who the fuck is ken...everyone keeps mentioning him...even more confusing if someone asks you if ya ken, ken? he he

I use ken all the time without noticing it, and how instead of why..but thats more of an edinburgh thing

My folks get confused when they visit..esp when i ask ma to put something in the bucket!

 

[MagicMarkers]

lol theres a bit a million ways of saying now in english i reckon like there are in most languages its just dialect, im suprised its taken you so long to come across it, bit piratey but why not eh

 

[Geordie&Bairn]

I say 'aye' for 'yes' and 'Na' for 'no'
It's a Northern thing

 

[muppetmummy]

I was the same when I moved up here from the south west of england. There are so many new words I've come across, blether, bairn, quine, ned, wifey

I still can't follow the conversation when people are speaking in really strong doric accents. I just have to smile and look like a complete idiot!
It used to throw me when people said 'ya mind' instead of 'do you remember'

I often call a bin a bucket now, and pound coins 'singles', it rubs off on you after a while. Nae bother

 

[Geordie&Bairn]

I was the same when I moved up here from the south west of england. There are so many new words I've come across, blether, bairn, quine, ned, wifey

I still can't follow the conversation when people are speaking in really strong doric accents. I just have to smile and look like a complete idiot!
It used to throw me when people said 'ya mind' instead of 'do you remember'

I often call a bin a bucket now, and pound coins 'singles', it rubs off on you after a while. Nae bother

Your right is rubs of on you after a while
ive been down here in Kent to long i refer to babies as well babies
and its Bairn to us Northerners i only say it when i'm up home

ah hate losing touch with my accent and dialect

sarah

 

[Becs]

I was the same when I moved up here from the south west of england. There are so many new words I've come across, blether, bairn, quine, ned, wifey

I still can't follow the conversation when people are speaking in really strong doric accents. I just have to smile and look like a complete idiot!
It used to throw me when people said 'ya mind' instead of 'do you remember'

I often call a bin a bucket now, and pound coins 'singles', it rubs off on you after a while. Nae bother

Your right is rub of on you after a while
ive been down here to lond i refer to babies as well babies
and its Bairn to us Northerners i only say it when i'm up home

ah hate losing touch with my accent and dialect

sarah

I didn't understand a word of that

 

[debecca]

I was the same when I moved up here from the south west of england. There are so many new words I've come across, blether, bairn, quine, ned, wifey

I still can't follow the conversation when people are speaking in really strong doric accents. I just have to smile and look like a complete idiot!
It used to throw me when people said 'ya mind' instead of 'do you remember'

I often call a bin a bucket now, and pound coins 'singles', it rubs off on you after a while. Nae bother

Your right is rub of on you after a while
ive been down here to lond i refer to babies as well babies
and its Bairn to us Northerners i only say it when i'm up home

ah hate losing touch with my accent and dialect

sarah

I didn't understand a word of that

You wanna use the Alan Partridge quote when he's talking to the Geordie bloke with the strong accent:

"No, sorry Michael, that's just noise!"