LISTSERV - HP3000-L Archives

HP3000-L Archives

December 2002, Week 1

HP3000-L@RAVEN.UTC.EDU

	LISTSERV Archives
	HP3000-L Home
	HP3000-L December 2002, Week 1

	Log In
	Register

	Subscribe or Unsubscribe

	Search Archives

Options:	Use Monospaced Font Show Text Part by Default Show All Mail Headers
Message:	[<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Topic:	[<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Author:	[<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]

Subject:	Re: OT: Thanksgiving Article
From:	Roy Brown <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Roy Brown <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Mon, 2 Dec 2002 10:54:34 -0000
Content-Type:	text/plain
Parts/Attachments:	text/plain (26 lines)

---- Original Message ----
From: "Tom of Bunyon" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, December 02, 2002 2:46 AM
Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] OT: Thanksgiving Article

>> We *also* have "Oyez, oyez!", being indeed "Hear ye, hear ye!", now
>> somewhat archaic, and much beloved of Town Criers (also now, in this
>> world of 24 hour rolling news, somewhat archaic, but the clothes add
>> colour and pageantry to multifarious celebrations).

> They still do this to open and close polling places in a lot of USA
> states (I worked a polling place before). I got to "Oyez" the place
> opened for voting and closed for voting.

Polling? Sounds more like an interrupt to me... :-)

--
Roy Brown

Posting with the OEnemy, tamed by OE-QuoteFix 1.17.6
http://jump.to/oe-quotefix

* To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, *
* etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html *

ATOM RSS1 RSS2

RAVEN.UTC.EDU