Yours Aye

[Ro55]

Sorry lads is 'Yours Aye' a Marines/Navy thing?? Noticed alot of peole using it?? Maybe i'll here it once im joined up??

Ross

[Rogue Chef]

Aye!

Yours Aye
Steve

[Mike]

As opposed to Aye Aye, which has a completely different connotation... .
Aye

[El Prez]

I apologise for my friends frivolity.
'Yous Aye' is an abbreviation of the original Scot's greeting, usually heard within the confines of Arbroath drinking establishments...." Yours? Aye, well ah ken fit ya meen, but ma wholes too wee, but if ya wap it in ma hand ah'll gi ya a wonk"
At least that's how it was explained to me by a friend. Friend?

[Shoulderholster]

Only queers and sailors say "Yours Aye".

Yours Aye
SH

[El Prez]

Didn't take long to lower the tone did it? Well done chaps.
'Cymru Am Byth' so no overtaking!

[Mutley]

In the wonk of an aye!

Mike, its a Madagascan lemur.

R055 you didnt do Shakespeare then.

I have the honour to be
Sir
yours most disingenuously

[Ro55]

only hamlet, but that was shit.......so it means what then?? Still don't get it??

[Mutley]

Yours Aye - yours as always, yours as ever.

Aye Aye - a madagascan squirrel like lemur

Aye aye sir - acknowledgement that the golden rivet has been correctly inserted.

[Andy O'Pray]

Hi RO55,

During my time in the Corps, "Yours aye", was the accepted sign off on any written correspondence between two people who were familiar to each other, eg: oppos, people who you had served with and had a close relationship. The sign off replaces Yours Sincerely, etc: which would be used when the correspondents did not have a close relationship.

It would not be uncommon for a senior officer on writing to another rank, with whom they had served with over many years, to sign off with, "Yours aye". I don't know when "Yours aye", originated in correspondence, but it signifies a less formal relationship, while still showing respect to the recipient. Yours aye used in this forum signifies a friendly respect for the other RM's on the site.

Yours aye.

Andy.

[Nosalesmanwillcall]

Will Shakes used Aye regularly to mean ever or always

[Mutley]

Yes Will Shakes did use aye regularly, and I believe he used yours aye in private letters. Although considered Wardour Street is still in dictionaries meaning - ever or always.

Andy is spot on about its adoption within the RN/RM as a less formal closing although I have seen the even more relaxed permutation of just Aye but that tends to me more restricted to officers of equivalent rank.

I have seen copies of correspondence by Jellicoe, who was certainly a stickler and here and there amongst his I have the honour to bes are a few your ayes.

[Guest]

now we have established yours aye, what about, "why aye", as all you geordies use it, maybe one of you could shed some light on it, why aye, yours aye, my eye,

[Brian E]

In the Geordie vernacular the term would be whey aye, which means, "yes" or "OK" or "of Course".
An example is: -
For the question: Can I go ashore tonight? The answer could be "Yes" or "OK" or "of course" or "whey aye".
It is no doubt a term that has developed from the coal mining industry.

[Guest]

cheers Brian, I feel well edumacated now, whey eye man.