New thread--a curious thing

[Arnold Zwicky]

barbara need thinks it was gum.  and so does one of my informants
on the subject, who writes me:

 >It occurred to me that where I see "yipes" is in the "Yipes! Stripes!"
 >advertising for "Fruit Stripe"-brand chewing gum.  According to their
 >web site at http://www.candystand.com/FruitStripe/ Yipes is also the
 >name of their zebra mascot character.

 >Hah, and now I just got a catalog in the mail featuring a Yikes-with-
 >a-K Stripes shirt ... see http://www.girlfriends-la.com/cgi-bin/
  gfla/Summer_Sale_2000___Clothing___Tops___130

arnold (zwicky at csli.stanford.edu)