pronun. of "yahoo," n.

[Wilson Gray]

Once upon a time, back in the '40's, I was under the impression that
the Swiftian noun was pronounced "YAH hoo." Then, many years later,
but still many years in the past, I heard someone with a modicum of
knowlwdge equal to, or greater than, my own, pronounce the Swiftian
noun as "YAY hoo," prompting me to accept that as the canonical
Swiftian pronunciation. But, beyond this, I got nothiing.

-Wilson

On 3/11/07, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> No - "yahoo" the Swiftian noun.
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>   JL
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> Sam Clements <SClements at NEO.RR.COM> wrote:
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> Is this still about "yee-ha?" and the Texas yell?
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> Sam Clements
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> > OED offers [jhu] only, which is the educated pronunciation.
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> > IIRC, old westerns pronounce it [ 'je:hu: ], and, outside the classroom,
> > I have heard it so pronounced in the South. I never heard it at all in
> > NYC, outside of the classroom.
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> > JL
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