It's Aye Thing Research Paper

It’s a Tuba Thing... aye! Growing up in Tuba City, Arizona, there is a lot of Navajo slang that is used when an individual is talking. Many outsiders may not understand the term or the context of it. It can be said two different ways either “aye” or “naye”, they both mean the same thing. This slang doesn’t exactly have a proper definition; in fact, Urban Dictionary defines it as just kidding (urbandictionary.com) The expression can be used in a variety of ways like, when teasing another individual or it can also be said out of habit. A person, perhaps a boy, could be teasing their sister and say something like, “hey, I seen your boyfriend yesterday.” Then, they would both say, “naye!” and start laughing about it because he would be teasing