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17catherines ([identity profile] 17catherines.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] foudebassan 2007-04-20 01:31 am (UTC)

Heh. I'm pretty sure I've heard Oyez, Oyez in a medieval re-enactment context, now I think about it. Sounds suspiciously like 'Hear ye, hear ye', in fact, which suggests more Norman influence...

(sorry, I like speculating on word origins)

Catherine

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