Hooah !

[James Smith]

Been a while, but I recall vocalizing something like
"ahOOah" in the Marines back in the late 60's.  It was
not used as a question, was not used as part of a
sentence in any way but was a positive response or
simply a yell.  No one ever explained it, but I took
it as an imitation of the sound of a claxon or, if
drawn out, of a foghorn.



--- Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at YAHOO.COM> wrote:

> An acroetymythonym ?  Things have gotten so dumb,
> who can tell anymore?
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_slang#A  :

> BTW, Marines do not and *must*
> not say "Hooah ! " They must instead say "Oorah ! "
> though I'm not sure that it's used as a question
> yet.
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> JL
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James D. SMITH                 |If history teaches anything
South SLC, UT                  |it is that we will be sued
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