"huzzah" labelled Colonial speech

[Cohen, Gerald Leonard]

     In 1968 I remember seeing anti-Vietnam War demonstrators in New York City chanting various anti-war slogans/songs, while the
counter-demonstrators were chanting "Hurray, hurray for the U.S.A.!"  --- At least I seem to remember.  It's been a long time.

Gerald Cohen

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        Message from Jonathan Lighter, March 24, 2006:

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>   BTW, does anybody still shout even "Hurrah !" or "Hurray !" ?  Nowadays all I hear is "Yeah !" "Yeeeee-haaaah !" and "Yaaaay !"  Even "Yahoo ! " and "Whoopeee !" have come to sound like literary fakes.
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>   JL
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