AH-CHOO!

[Fred Shapiro]

On Tue, 16 Jan 2001, Thomas Paikeday wrote:

> I just checked the OED disk (1988) and it has neither "ah-choo" nor
> "achoo." "Ahem" is in, though, and occurs 18 times in the text; "humph"

It is in the OED under the spelling "atishoo."

Fred Shapiro


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