You people would make horrible pirates!

Welp, this post isn’t regarding pirates (not directly at least) as the title would have you believe; it is regarding the use and misuse of the expression “aye”.

“Aye” is commonly associated with pirates (well of course it originated from common usage but today… Pirate-talk sounds like a good place for aye to start). It means yes. It is pronounced like one reads the letter I or eye. That’s “ai” for all you IPA pronounciation savvy people (the few that there are in the world). Aye means yes.

Aye is not pronounced as the interjection “eh”; this is pronounced “eɪ” (according to IPA standards). Eh means… Well, it’s more of a questioning grunt or even a form of agreement.

Now, I’ve noticed something recently and I’m hardly pleased about it: people are using “aye” in place of “eh”. This is despicable! We (my supporters – currently me) must not stand for this! We can’t stand for this! Aye is not eh! Aye is reserved for pirate related talk (or people who actually knows how it should be used). I see people saying, “how good is that aye?” Horrible. Incorrect use of the word aye.

I can’t help but thinking that the use of aye instead of eh is a problem with the education systems… People are simply not being taught enough about pirates! Fixing the problem of false usage of aye would double as teaching people about pirates. Finally an excuse for the world to learn such topics!

… Or people could just read a bit. You know, books ‘n’ stuff.

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