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Loki:
Oh, yesterday I learned how to assemble a computer!
At least in theory. That is, from YouTube.
And more like "how you'd assemble a computer in 2008"  which included the guy repeatedly pointing out he was installing a network card and not a modem.

94ssd:
Today I learned that in middle and early modern English, "yay" and "nay" were used to respond to a positively-framed question, while "yes" and "no" were used to respond to a negatively-framed question.

Example: "Is he coming?" "Nay, he is not." vs. "Is he not coming?" "No, he is not."

Method of Madness:
Interesting. Also weird, I thought it was "aye" and "nay". When did "aye" replace "yay"?

94ssd:
Actually spelled "yea," oops. But I'm not sure.

pwhodges:
Yea and aye are different, though distantly from the same root.  Aye meaning "ever" and aye indicating assent ("the ayes have it") are from different sources, the second one probably from I (meaning "I" agree).

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