[SCA-AS] Huzzah/Vivat?

[Lyle H. Gray]

On Mon, 24 Jul 2006, Jonathan E. Feinstein wrote:

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>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > Then there is the OOOO!    AAAAAH!,   OOOOH! often heard during
> > scroll viewings in court.   Rather silly bunch of sods hereabouts.
>
> 	Agreed. That all started in one particular Eastern
> court when the court herald (I won't mention his name in case
> he;s trying to live it down <g>)himself got a bit silly and
> called for a cheer for the scroll and led the people in "ooo,
> ahh, ohh." After that the populace kept it up on their own
> and by the end of the court is was as nearly a permanent
> institution as anything in the SCA is...

I'll be honest -- I try to dissuade that sort of thing when it
starts to get out of hand at a court, by tagging "OW!" on the end
of it.  The reason:  It very quickly sounds like people are
making a mockery of the scroll, rather than praising it.

> > So.... What does the Great Dark Horde yell in the Middle?
> > We began there but I am unaware of that particular detail.
>
> 	I don't recall that the Great Dark Horde shouted
> anything different in court unless one of their own were
> being honhored in which case it was not uncommon to hear
> "WETSU" (an acronym for We Endeavor To Succeed Universally)
> from both Horde and Horde-friends. "Wetsu" was also a battle
> cry at times.

There were a couple of occasions in court at the East Kingdom War
Camp this past weekend where "WETSU!" was heard, usually as a
slight echo to "Vivat/Vivant".

Lyle
>

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