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submitted 1 year ago by Leon_Frotsky@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

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[–] Frank@hexbear.net 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think "raise a great hue and cry" predates our boy Leon and may be a Shakespear thing.

[–] emizeko@hexbear.net 25 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Forms of the term "hue and cry" date from at least the 13th century and are first encountered in the Anglo-French legal documents of that period.

[–] happybadger@hexbear.net 30 points 1 year ago (1 children)

cheems I hath drawn thee as a chaste hwelp

swole-doge lo I hath drawn mē selfum as a strang hund

hue and cry about it lubberwort

[–] NephewAlphaBravo@hexbear.net 24 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

go thee to the grave still enraged hahaha

[–] NephewAlphaBravo@hexbear.net 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Wilt thou bawl as a babe? Wilt thou wet thy breeches, perchance? Mayhap soil and spill seed?

[–] Maoo@hexbear.net 15 points 1 year ago

See, cope and seethe is as old as the English language. It's a very important thing to say to someone.