ext_91830 ([identity profile] foudebassan.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] foudebassan 2007-04-19 06:33 am (UTC)

But not quite as beautiful...

It is. I don't think it's ever used nowadays, except in "oyez, oyez"(1) but even that's an archaïc turn of phrase.

(1) ritual student clamour when they march through the streets in the middle of the night. It's meant to wake everyone up.

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