"yeah"

[Mark Mandel]

Sorry, I should have made it explicit. I was trying to contribute to the
discussion of "nay", more than of "yea":

Parliamentary procedure. OED under "yea, adv. (n.)":
2. An affirmative vote; a person who votes in the affirmative: usually
pl., ***opposed to nays*** (or noes).
Still in use in the U.S. Congress. Cf. AYE.


On 10/17/07, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Err...
>
>   I don't get it.
>
>   JL
>

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