Yes, Virginiaとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From a celebrated line in an editorial on September 27, 1897, by the American journalist Francis Pharcellus Church (1839–1906) in The Sun newspaper published in New York City, in response to eight-year-old Virginia O’Hanlon asking whether Santa Claus was real: “Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound and give to your life its highest beauty and joy.”

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈjɛs vəˈd͡ʒɪn.i.ə/

• (General American) IPA: /ˈjɛs vəɹˈd͡ʒɪn.jə/
• 韻: -ɪniə
• ハイフネーション: yes, Vir‧gin‧ia

成句

yes, Virginia

1. (originally and chiefly US, idiomatic, humorous) Used to express that something is true, despite skepticism by some people.
   • 1964 June 4, Serg Naramore, Dick Barnett, “The Tinder Box”, in Peggy Telfer, Bob Herzog, editors, Tech Talk, volume XV, number 16, Binghamton, N.Y.: Broome Technical Community College, page 2:

     Yes, Virginia, there IS a speed limit at Broome Tech, and all violators will be duly punished.

   • 1983 February 28, Walter Isaacson, “Opening the Silly Season”, in Time‎, New York, N.Y.: Time Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 April 2016:

     Yes, Virginia, there is a presidential election in 1984—and it has begun: A former Vice President goes ice fishing and poses with a puny perch dangling from his line. A 68-year-old Senator dons athletic shorts and runs a 60-yd. dash in a San Francisco track meet. […] Such hijinks can mean only one thing: the quadrennial silly season has started again.

   • 1993, David Warsh, “Yes, Virginia, there is a Truth about Taxes”, in Economic Principles: The Masters and Mavericks of Modern Economics, New York, N.Y.: The Free Press, →ISBN, page 226:

     He [David Bradford] is perhaps the nation's preeminent tax scholar. And yes, Virginia, the president and the Congress have disregarded most of what he has to say.

参照

Further reading

• yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia