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r/NoStupidQuestions on Reddit: Can someone explain to me the "E.Y.E.S" joke?
September 17, 2021 -
So the joke goes that you ask someone "what does Y.E.S spell?" and they'll reply with "yes" and then you'll ask them "what does E.Y.E.S spell?" and they'll likely reply with "yes" but I don't understand how people fall for saying "yes" because when my friend asked me "what does E.Y.E.S spell" I said "eyes".
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It's called priming, and in the context you use a certain set of words or circumstance to trick normal logic. It can trick even the smartest individual if played right. This one is a little obvious, but some aren't so much.
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Once people have "yes" in their brain that becomes the basis for the next spelling they have to calculate, so instead of pivoting to a totally different sounding word (eyes) they'll continue thinking of "yes" and just tack an e on the front
WLKY
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'What does E-Y-E-S spell?' Kentucky man's answer goes viral
October 11, 2017 - Heather Partin, of Williamsburg, said she ran across an old YouTube video of a person asking someone to spell E-Y-E-S and decided to try the same trick on her husband, Chris.The Whitley County couple is going viral thanks to the video Heather posted on Facebook.She started by asking Chris what Y-E-S spells, to which he correctly answered “yes.”Then, she asked him what E-Y-E-S spells and he thought for a moment before replying, “e-yes.”Heather, who can be heard laughing throughout the video, said she didn’t think Chris would fall for the joke.She repeatedly asked the question again in a different way.
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Y E S spells yes. What does E Y E S spell? - YouTube
You will laugh until you pee! Best YES-EYES prank ever! * Jukin Media Verified * Find this video and others like it by visiting https://www.jukinmedia.com/li...
Published June 21, 2016 Views 17M
Yahoo!
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If Y-E-S Spells Yes, What Does E-Y-E-S Spell?
And that’s what this video is all about. A man pranks his wife with a hilarious ‘if yes spells Y-E-S” joke, and catches everything on camera. He asks her “If yes spells Y-E-S, what does E-Y-E-S spell?” but she just can’t figure it out. She keeps repeating "e-yes"!
Published May 31, 2018
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"What does E-Y-E-S spell?" – @villainessxassassin on Tumblr
Mal:"I see, then I shall indulge ... it spells yes" ... Despite Yuu's slight disappointment he didn't fall for it, it is adorable how fascinated he is despite not realizing what the joke was about. He even tries to tell the joke to the other diasomnia students, and even if they don't fall for the joke and respond in the same confused manner Mal did he'll still let out a small chuckle while explaining how this was ...
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The Latest Online Riddle - What Does This Spell?
September 29, 2015 - Riddles like this are all about confusing the mind - giving you information in the beginning that you actually don't need. The beginning of the riddle states "If Y-E-S spells 'yes,' then..." and then it gives you the question to answer. (The actual riddle will be written further down - when it's written out, it's easier to get the joke).
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What Does E Y E S Spell | TikTok
August 11, 2025 - E-yes, classic stitch up 🤣 #comedy #spelling #funny #laughs #jokes #eyes #yes Funny Spelling Jokes Compilation. Watch hilarious spelling jokes that will make you laugh out loud! Join in on the fun with these comedy sketches. #comedy #spelling #funny #laughs #jokes #eyes #yes.
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Funny Native Guy What Does E Y E S Spell | TikTok
2 weeks ago - Discover the hilarious side of spelling with the native guy and what e-y-e-s actually means! Enjoy funny memes and jokes related to eyes!See more videos about 杉本健勇ネタ, You Think Its Funny Err What Native Guy, Nigeria Names Apolitical Law Professor Chief, Native Guys Funny Holy Fok, Funny Native Sayings, Funny Native American Guy.
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r/NoStupidQuestions on Reddit: Why do so many people fall for the "spell e y e s" joke?
December 28, 2017 -
I've seen so many videos of people saying E'yes for a minute or two before they realize what it means. Is it really that hard?
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I-Wai-I-Es What?
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Yes, it's really that hard. Human language production is insanely difficult, and how the brain does it is a mystery. That's why it's so difficult to program computers to produce realistic human speech: we haven't the faintest idea how to go about it. The best results at the moment are from neural nets, but the thing about neural nets is that we don't really know how they work either. In this case, you prime your subject to recall the equivalence between the letters Y, E and S, and the word "yes". While that is still uppermost in their mind, they're asked to pronounce the word spelled E, Y, E, S -- at which point their brain apparently thinks: "Well, I don't need to delve down into the archives and find that word. It's just 'yes' with an E in front."