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Old 14-Jan-2008, 13:40
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Default Re: soldiers

Hi sympathy, by far the most frequent spelling is aye, which is also used in the sailor’s double response to an order (Aye-aye, sir.)

It's a variant spelling of the affirmative reply “yes” and also of the noun for such replies (The ayes have it.)
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