# "Ha-a-yee?" **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 27, 2016, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ha-a-yee/755840 "2016-05-27T18:04:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Totenfeier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@Totenfeier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Totenfeier)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2016, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ha-a-yee/755840/21 "2016-06-02T14:10:53Z")
Rat cheer = at this location Ovair = at some distance from rat cheer Mere mint = a request for someone to move from ovair to rat cheer, briefly ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2016, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ha-a-yee/755840/22 "2016-06-02T17:17:53Z")
^ B’there d’reckly. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2016, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ha-a-yee/755840/23 "2016-06-02T20:28:29Z")
A lot of this is the game of Mercan. It’s a language game, you get points for the number of syllables you can remove from a word or phrase. For instance if you take the phrase “It is in the refrigerator” (9 syllables) and reduce it to “tzinna fridge” (3 syllables) you get 6 points. ---
**Author:** ![Totenfeier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@Totenfeier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Totenfeier)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2016, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ha-a-yee/755840/24 "2016-06-03T18:26:12Z")
In the other direction, a friend of mine once joked that the more syllables you could get into the name Jesus, the better an evangelist you were. juh-HAY-uh suss-uh! 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ha-a-yee/755840.md?page=1)