Query on "yowza"

[Jane Clark]

Take a look at the movie "A River Runs Through It." The band leader in the
20s, I believe, used it just before Jesse ran off to the fireworks.
JC


>From: Judi Sanders <jasanders at CSUPOMONA.EDU>
>Reply-To: American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
>To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
>Subject: Query on "yowza"
>Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 17:23:08 -0800
>
>Hi all,
>
>Do any of you have thoughts on the following query.  I have a vague
>recollection of it from tv but that's about it.
>
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>Hello,
>
>Could you tell me the origin of "yowza" (or "yowza-yowza") as uttered
>when
>one is surprised?  We're wondering whether it's a post-60's word or
>invented around that time.  Thanks in advance!
>
>                         Sincerely,
>                                 Yukiko Mori
>
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>Yukiko Mori
>Department of Comparative Literature, Religion, and Film/Media Studies
>Arts 347, University of Alberta
>Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E6
>Canada
>Tel: (780) 439-3585
>E-mail: ymori at gpu.srv.ualberta.ca
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