"huzzah" labelled Colonial speech

[Michael McKernan]

Jonathan Lighter wrote:

>  But seriously, all I can recall using a kid FIFTY YEARS AGO is "Yay !"

How would you have responded if some one yelled, 'Hip, hip....'?

I believe that most people in the USA have been accustomed to 'hip, hip,
hooray,' for many years.

Michael McKernan

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