According to Google: “Yea” is a very old-fashioned formal way of saying “yes,” used mainly in voting. It's the opposite of—and rhymes with—“nay.” When you want to write the common casual version of “yes,” the correct spelling is “yeah” (sounds like “yeh” ).May 19, 2016
so I'd Smack my teacher in the head if she Took my Points away on a Dumb Technicality.