Hearing

[wordchick.livejournal.com]

Originally, I thought the word слыхать was a little old-fashioned; I've only heard it used twice. However, it just occurred to me that maybe it is so rarely used because it has a very specific meaning. Am I right in thinking that it means "to hear" in the sense of knowing, or ever having heard of something?

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[isca-lox.livejournal.com]

It's only used in the "have you heard about..." questions and even if used in such a question it sounds colloquial to me. I would still say "Вы слышали..." instead of "Вы слыхали..."