"huzzah" labelled Colonial speech
Michael McKernan
mckernan at LOCALNET.COM
Fri Mar 24 16:16:52 UTC 2006
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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