New thread--a curious thing

[Katie Schack]

I actually had thought it was "yikes stripes", but probably only because I
used "yikes" instead of "yipes".  At any rate, I know it was connected
with Fruit Stripes gum ads.  I'm pretty sure I acquired the use of "yikes"
from reading the Happy Hollisters books (first one published 1953, for
anyone who's interested).  I think, however, that they may have been
Canadian books.  I don't remember either being particularly common in the
80's in MN.

Katie

On Tue, 18 Jul 2000, storkrn wrote:

> Am I the only one with "yipes stripes" rolling around in my mind when I read
> this? I never heard "yipes" until some cartoon came up with that combo, or
> it may refer to Tony the Tiger. Yikes was my Connecticut 50's version.
>
> Sharyn Hay
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bob Haas" <highbob at MINDSPRING.COM>
> To: <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2000 8:36 AM
> Subject: New thread--a curious thing
>
>
> > Dear ADS folk,
> >
> > How many of you use the interjection "yipes" as opposed to "yikes"?  This
> is
> > an odd question perhaps, but I've always used "yikes."  When I recently
> > attempted to use it in an e-mail, my spell-checker on Outlook Express
> called
> > me on it.  I didn't find yikes in the American Heritage, but I did find
> > yipes.  I grew up with yikes, but I couldn't begin to tell you where I got
> > it (so if you'd please send money for research . . .).
> >
> > I'm guessing that yikes is a variant of yoicks, but I have no idea whether
> > this is true or not.  I'm just curious:  yikes or yipes or yoicks?  Which
> do
> > you use?
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> > Bob Haas
> > Department of English
> > The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
> > High Point University
> >
> >
> > "Shun the frumious Bandersnatch!"
> >
>