"Yay long"

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

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Humpty Dumpty was employed by William Morris. I use other cliches.

Garson O'Toole quoted William Morris
William Morris in 1964 wrote:
>>> As Humpty-Dumpty said in
>>> "Through the Looking Glass, "When I use a word, it means just what I
>>> choose it to mean—neither more nor less."

Joel S. Berson wrote
>> "That is, I mean exactly how far my hands are apart."
>>
>> And, therefore, no-one ever says "yay/yea" about
>> area, volume, or mass.  Or do they

Laurence Horn (LH) wrote:
> I don't see why not, as long as the gesture accompanying
> it is reasonably clear.  Areas can be so signalled, although
> limited by the size of one's arms.

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