Alley-Oop

[Christine Waigl]

Benjamin Zimmer wrote:

>Actually, Googling suggests that "allez hop" is a more common spelling in
>French than "...houp" ("allez hop" is also the form borrowed into German
>and Dutch).

I agree. I've never seen it spelled anything but "allez hop" in (contemporary)
French.

(A conflation with "(allez) ouste", maybe? "Allez" can stand on its own as an
interjection.)


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Chris Waigl
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