I found it in my history book. You'd think they'd have given a definition.
2007-05-28 14:30:53 · 5 answers · asked by Geekier Than Thou 4 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
It may come from Latin since in Spanish "oir" is to hear, and the imperative form is used in the words you used. . .
"Listen up, listen up! Listen up!"
It was the shout given as a newspaper street vendor or 'town cryer' used to announce (before electricity) that he would tell something. It is pronounced "oi yay, oi yay oi yay" The /z/ is silent.
2007-05-28 14:45:36 · answer #1 · answered by thisbrit 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oyez descends from the Anglo-Norman oyez, the plural crucial form of oyer, from French ouïr, "to pay attention"; to that end oyez means "pay attention ye" and replaced into used as a call for silence and interest
2016-12-18 07:12:10 · answer #2 · answered by girardot 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oyez Definition
2016-10-28 10:43:32 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"hear ye, hear ye, hear ye"... an expression to gain attention as often used by town criers and sometimes by bailiffs in British court .... basically saying to those in the vicinity to be quiet, that the person uttering the phrase has something important to say and wishes to be heard by being given full attention
2007-05-29 05:17:06 · answer #4 · answered by pale_vixen 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hear me hear me hear me !
2007-05-28 14:37:49 · answer #5 · answered by skwonripken 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋