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Yangtze (not Yangtse)

Yardies (West Indian criminal gangs)

Yarmouth is on the Isle of Wight; the town on the Norfolk coast is Great Yarmouth

Year 1, Year 3, Year 12 etc in schooling contexts

Yellow Pages italics for the book, but roman for the organisation

Yemen (not the Yemen)

“yes” vote, “no” vote

yeti (l/c), the abominable snowman

YMCA, YWCA

yoghurt

yoke (oxen), yolk (egg); NEVER confuse

Yorkshire since the reorganisation of 1996, see under unitary authorities for how to locate places in the county. Specify the location for smaller towns and villages, eg, Thirsk, North Yorkshire, but NOT Bradford or Leeds (West Yorkshire). Note the Yorkshire Dales, or simply the Dales, and the North York Moors (not North Yorkshire Moors). But also note North Yorkshire Moors Railway

young offender institution l/c for general use, cap for specific, as in Feltham Young Offender Institution

Young Turks (caps)

youth courts, not juvenile courts, which no longer exist. See Courts special section

yuan, the Chinese currency, rather than the renminbi

Yugoslav is the adjective from Yugoslavia (not Yugoslavian). Write Yugoslav Army, not Serb Army. The remaining portions of Yugoslavia combined (February 2003) into a loose confederation named Serbia and Montenegro

yuletide (l/c)

yuppie, noun or adjective

Yves Saint Laurent (not St)