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Hue/Hue

Posted: Sun Aug 11, 2013 6:55 pm
by Slava
Perhaps good for a two-fer. Here we have the idea of color and the mate to cry, with different roots.

Re: Hue/Hue

Posted: Mon Aug 12, 2013 1:11 pm
by Perry Lassiter
There is the British expression "hue and cry" which seems to be also a formal legal expression as in "raise the hue and cry." i take it to mean sound the alarm vocally by shouting. What say you Britishers in the crowd?

Re: Hue/Hue

Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2013 7:27 am
by call_copse
Quite, though one would probably 'make hue and cry' rather than raise it, were one to witness a criminal offence.

Re: Hue/Hue

Posted: Thu Aug 15, 2013 1:57 am
by Philip Hudson
"Hue and cry" was once a legal requirement in England. If something criminal was afoot, the good citizens were to "make hue and cry" in order to capture the miscreant.

Re: Hue/Hue

Posted: Thu Aug 15, 2013 2:49 pm
by gailr
When making hue and cry, were they also obliged to cry havoc? :wink: