Re: Flag proposal [OT]
On 11/06/2011 06:18, Andrej Mitrovic wrote: We should rename Yes and No to Yay and Nay to make them alignable, and even more importantly to make us appear as old Englishmen! "Yay" and "Nay" are too similar looking, but luckily, "Yay" is not actually a old English word :) A more correct alternative would be "Aye" (pronounced the same as "eye"), which (along with "Nay") is still used for some voting actions (such as councillors deciding where to go for lunch). I myself say it al least 20 times a day :) A...
Re: Flag proposal [OT]
"Alix Pexton" wrote in message news:isvae3$2o51$1...@digitalmars.com... > On 11/06/2011 06:18, Andrej Mitrovic wrote: >> We should rename Yes and No to Yay and Nay to make them alignable, and >> even more importantly to make us appear as old Englishmen! > > "Yay" and "Nay" are too similar looking, but luckily, "Yay" is not > actually a old English word :) A more correct alternative would be "Aye" > (pronounced the same as "eye"), which (along with "Nay") is still used for > some voting actions (such as councillors deciding where to go for lunch). > I myself say it al least 20 times a day :) > Dost thou, verily?
Re: Flag proposal [OT]
On 11/06/2011 11:56, Nick Sabalausky wrote: "Alix Pexton" wrote in message news:isvae3$2o51$1...@digitalmars.com... On 11/06/2011 06:18, Andrej Mitrovic wrote: We should rename Yes and No to Yay and Nay to make them alignable, and even more importantly to make us appear as old Englishmen! "Yay" and "Nay" are too similar looking, but luckily, "Yay" is not actually a old English word :) A more correct alternative would be "Aye" (pronounced the same as "eye"), which (along with "Nay") is still used for some voting actions (such as councillors deciding where to go for lunch). I myself say it al least 20 times a day :) Dost thou, verily? Aye! A...
Re: Flag proposal [OT]
On 6/11/11, Alix Pexton wrote: > On 11/06/2011 06:18, Andrej Mitrovic wrote: >> We should rename Yes and No to Yay and Nay to make them alignable, and >> even more importantly to make us appear as old Englishmen! > > "Yay" and "Nay" are too similar looking, but luckily, "Yay" is not > actually a old English word :) A more correct alternative would be > "Aye" (pronounced the same as "eye"), which (along with "Nay") is still > used for some voting actions (such as councillors deciding where to go > for lunch). I myself say it al least 20 times a day :) > > A... > Oh damn, yay is what teenage girls would say, not old Englishmen. My bad, it really is "Aye". :p
Re: Flag proposal [OT]
On Sat, 11 Jun 2011 13:04:47 -0400, Andrej Mitrovic wrote: On 6/11/11, Alix Pexton wrote: On 11/06/2011 06:18, Andrej Mitrovic wrote: We should rename Yes and No to Yay and Nay to make them alignable, and even more importantly to make us appear as old Englishmen! "Yay" and "Nay" are too similar looking, but luckily, "Yay" is not actually a old English word :) A more correct alternative would be "Aye" (pronounced the same as "eye"), which (along with "Nay") is still used for some voting actions (such as councillors deciding where to go for lunch). I myself say it al least 20 times a day :) A... Oh damn, yay is what teenage girls would say, not old Englishmen. My bad, it really is "Aye". :p You were phonetically right :) It's yea or nay. http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/yea-or-nay My son's most recent birthday (3 years old) was a farm-themed birthday, and we asked people to RSVP yay or neigh :P So I guess there's all kinds of kooky fun you can have with flags... -Steve
Re: Flag proposal [OT]
On 12/06/2011 02:40, Steven Schveighoffer wrote: On Sat, 11 Jun 2011 13:04:47 -0400, Andrej Mitrovic wrote: On 6/11/11, Alix Pexton wrote: On 11/06/2011 06:18, Andrej Mitrovic wrote: We should rename Yes and No to Yay and Nay to make them alignable, and even more importantly to make us appear as old Englishmen! "Yay" and "Nay" are too similar looking, but luckily, "Yay" is not actually a old English word :) A more correct alternative would be "Aye" (pronounced the same as "eye"), which (along with "Nay") is still used for some voting actions (such as councillors deciding where to go for lunch). I myself say it al least 20 times a day :) A... Oh damn, yay is what teenage girls would say, not old Englishmen. My bad, it really is "Aye". :p You were phonetically right :) It's yea or nay. http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/yea-or-nay My son's most recent birthday (3 years old) was a farm-themed birthday, and we asked people to RSVP yay or neigh :P So I guess there's all kinds of kooky fun you can have with flags... -Steve Nope, its definitely Aye when used for voting, (at least it is round here) as in "all those in favour, say aye", "ayes to the right" and "the ayes have it". Maybe southerners say this "yea" word of which you speak, we don't hold with their strange customs in these parts ^^ A...
Re: Flag proposal [OT]
On Sun, 12 Jun 2011 04:36:55 -0400, Alix Pexton wrote: On 12/06/2011 02:40, Steven Schveighoffer wrote: On Sat, 11 Jun 2011 13:04:47 -0400, Andrej Mitrovic wrote: On 6/11/11, Alix Pexton wrote: On 11/06/2011 06:18, Andrej Mitrovic wrote: We should rename Yes and No to Yay and Nay to make them alignable, and even more importantly to make us appear as old Englishmen! "Yay" and "Nay" are too similar looking, but luckily, "Yay" is not actually a old English word :) A more correct alternative would be "Aye" (pronounced the same as "eye"), which (along with "Nay") is still used for some voting actions (such as councillors deciding where to go for lunch). I myself say it al least 20 times a day :) A... Oh damn, yay is what teenage girls would say, not old Englishmen. My bad, it really is "Aye". :p You were phonetically right :) It's yea or nay. http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/yea-or-nay My son's most recent birthday (3 years old) was a farm-themed birthday, and we asked people to RSVP yay or neigh :P So I guess there's all kinds of kooky fun you can have with flags... -Steve Nope, its definitely Aye when used for voting, (at least it is round here) as in "all those in favour, say aye", "ayes to the right" and "the ayes have it". Maybe southerners say this "yea" word of which you speak, we don't hold with their strange customs in these parts ^^ I don't deny that aye is used frequently for voting. All I was saying is, the correct expression is yea or nay, not yay or nay. Andrej thought it was actually aye or nay, which I've never heard as an expression. I'm not sure it's used anymore, but it's definitely an expression that was used for voting (see my dictionary reference). -Steve
Re: Flag proposal [OT]
TBH I've only ever heard it used in Ali G Indahouse, so what do I know.. :p
Re: Flag proposal [OT]
On 12/06/2011 16:11, Steven Schveighoffer wrote: On Sun, 12 Jun 2011 04:36:55 -0400, Alix Pexton wrote: On 12/06/2011 02:40, Steven Schveighoffer wrote: On Sat, 11 Jun 2011 13:04:47 -0400, Andrej Mitrovic wrote: On 6/11/11, Alix Pexton wrote: On 11/06/2011 06:18, Andrej Mitrovic wrote: We should rename Yes and No to Yay and Nay to make them alignable, and even more importantly to make us appear as old Englishmen! "Yay" and "Nay" are too similar looking, but luckily, "Yay" is not actually a old English word :) A more correct alternative would be "Aye" (pronounced the same as "eye"), which (along with "Nay") is still used for some voting actions (such as councillors deciding where to go for lunch). I myself say it al least 20 times a day :) A... Oh damn, yay is what teenage girls would say, not old Englishmen. My bad, it really is "Aye". :p You were phonetically right :) It's yea or nay. http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/yea-or-nay My son's most recent birthday (3 years old) was a farm-themed birthday, and we asked people to RSVP yay or neigh :P So I guess there's all kinds of kooky fun you can have with flags... -Steve Nope, its definitely Aye when used for voting, (at least it is round here) as in "all those in favour, say aye", "ayes to the right" and "the ayes have it". Maybe southerners say this "yea" word of which you speak, we don't hold with their strange customs in these parts ^^ I don't deny that aye is used frequently for voting. All I was saying is, the correct expression is yea or nay, not yay or nay. Andrej thought it was actually aye or nay, which I've never heard as an expression. I'm not sure it's used anymore, but it's definitely an expression that was used for voting (see my dictionary reference). -Steve True, "yea-or-nay" is quite a common, if old fashioned phrase, but "yea" on its own is exceptionally rare (to the point where I doubt ever hearing anyone make such a noise and mean it to indicate the affirmative). A...
Re: Flag proposal [OT]
Alix Pexton Wrote: > On 12/06/2011 16:11, Steven Schveighoffer wrote: > > On Sun, 12 Jun 2011 04:36:55 -0400, Alix Pexton > > wrote: > > > >> On 12/06/2011 02:40, Steven Schveighoffer wrote: > >>> On Sat, 11 Jun 2011 13:04:47 -0400, Andrej Mitrovic > >>> wrote: > >>> > On 6/11/11, Alix Pexton wrote: > > On 11/06/2011 06:18, Andrej Mitrovic wrote: > >> We should rename Yes and No to Yay and Nay to make them alignable, > >> and > >> even more importantly to make us appear as old Englishmen! > > > > "Yay" and "Nay" are too similar looking, but luckily, "Yay" is not > > actually a old English word :) A more correct alternative would be > > "Aye" (pronounced the same as "eye"), which (along with "Nay") is > > still > > used for some voting actions (such as councillors deciding where to go > > for lunch). I myself say it al least 20 times a day :) > > > > A... > > > > Oh damn, yay is what teenage girls would say, not old Englishmen. My > bad, it really is "Aye". :p > >>> > >>> You were phonetically right :) It's yea or nay. > >>> > >>> http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/yea-or-nay > >>> > >>> My son's most recent birthday (3 years old) was a farm-themed birthday, > >>> and we asked people to RSVP yay or neigh :P > >>> > >>> So I guess there's all kinds of kooky fun you can have with flags... > >>> > >>> -Steve > >> > >> Nope, its definitely Aye when used for voting, (at least it is round > >> here) as in "all those in favour, say aye", "ayes to the right" and > >> "the ayes have it". Maybe southerners say this "yea" word of which you > >> speak, we don't hold with their strange customs in these parts ^^ > > > > I don't deny that aye is used frequently for voting. All I was saying > > is, the correct expression is yea or nay, not yay or nay. Andrej thought > > it was actually aye or nay, which I've never heard as an expression. > > > > I'm not sure it's used anymore, but it's definitely an expression that > > was used for voting (see my dictionary reference). > > > > -Steve > > True, "yea-or-nay" is quite a common, if old fashioned phrase, but "yea" > on its own is exceptionally rare (to the point where I doubt ever > hearing anyone make such a noise and mean it to indicate the affirmative). > > A... Then you must not have heard the King James Version of the Bible read aloud, or been to a Shakespeare play. Admittedly the KJV and Shakespeare's works don't count as modern English, but I doubt you've never "heard such a noise"! :-) p.s. The word appears 209 times in Shakespeare's plays. There's a website for everything!
Re: Flag proposal [OT]
On 13/06/2011 02:31, Paul D. Anderson wrote: Alix Pexton Wrote: On 12/06/2011 16:11, Steven Schveighoffer wrote: On Sun, 12 Jun 2011 04:36:55 -0400, Alix Pexton wrote: On 12/06/2011 02:40, Steven Schveighoffer wrote: On Sat, 11 Jun 2011 13:04:47 -0400, Andrej Mitrovic wrote: On 6/11/11, Alix Pexton wrote: On 11/06/2011 06:18, Andrej Mitrovic wrote: We should rename Yes and No to Yay and Nay to make them alignable, and even more importantly to make us appear as old Englishmen! "Yay" and "Nay" are too similar looking, but luckily, "Yay" is not actually a old English word :) A more correct alternative would be "Aye" (pronounced the same as "eye"), which (along with "Nay") is still used for some voting actions (such as councillors deciding where to go for lunch). I myself say it al least 20 times a day :) A... Oh damn, yay is what teenage girls would say, not old Englishmen. My bad, it really is "Aye". :p You were phonetically right :) It's yea or nay. http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/yea-or-nay My son's most recent birthday (3 years old) was a farm-themed birthday, and we asked people to RSVP yay or neigh :P So I guess there's all kinds of kooky fun you can have with flags... -Steve Nope, its definitely Aye when used for voting, (at least it is round here) as in "all those in favour, say aye", "ayes to the right" and "the ayes have it". Maybe southerners say this "yea" word of which you speak, we don't hold with their strange customs in these parts ^^ I don't deny that aye is used frequently for voting. All I was saying is, the correct expression is yea or nay, not yay or nay. Andrej thought it was actually aye or nay, which I've never heard as an expression. I'm not sure it's used anymore, but it's definitely an expression that was used for voting (see my dictionary reference). -Steve True, "yea-or-nay" is quite a common, if old fashioned phrase, but "yea" on its own is exceptionally rare (to the point where I doubt ever hearing anyone make such a noise and mean it to indicate the affirmative). A... Then you must not have heard the King James Version of the Bible read aloud, or been to a Shakespeare play. Admittedly the KJV and Shakespeare's works don't count as modern English, but I doubt you've never "heard such a noise"! :-) p.s. The word appears 209 times in Shakespeare's plays. There's a website for everything! Aye, I did mean people using their own words and not someone else's. for such a prolific writer, 209 doesn't seem like a lot, and I can't help wondering how many times the bard used "aye". Mind you, he was a southerner! A...
