Vacay: If you were to pronounce this correctly it would sound like this, "vuh-kay". That sounds silly doesn't it?
Vaca: If you were to pronounce this one correctly it would sound like this, "vuh-kuh". And isn't this the Spanish word for cow? It's something like that.
Vaycay: Pronounced correctly, "vay-kay". Yay! Let's go on a vaycay! I LOVE vaycays.
While it does require and extra letter, it remains worth it to not look like an idiot when writing. Please use correctly.
Orrr... you could just write "vacation." It's two letters longer and it doesn't sound like you're talking to a toddler.
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ReplyDeleteIf you look at its online use, you'll see that "vacay" is used 6x more than "vaycay". "Vacay" also looks more similar to its root "vacation" - it looks more like a contraction. And keeping with people's linguistic laziness (just look at adverbs, and how "ly" is disappearing), "vacay" is one less character to type than "vaycay". And to further the lazy typing theory, the letter "y" is more effort to reach on a qwerty keyboard than the letters v, a, or c. So a word with the letter "y" twice is even more effort to type. Evolution often favors the path of least resistance, and I believe "vacay" is here to stay, no matter how much it offends linguistic logic. The English language is known for its exceptions and idiosyncrasies, and "vacay" is no different - "vacay" is idiosyncratically and illogically correct.
ReplyDeleteVaca is a pet peeve!
ReplyDeleteNobody would ever pronounce vacay vuh-kay
ReplyDeleteYou don't pronounce vacation vuh
ReplyDelete"an" extra letter.
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