"huzzah" labelled Colonial speech

[Page Stephens]

As I recall a Brit friend of mine said that when he was young they used to
call out,

Hip Hip!
Hip Hip!
Hip Hip!

the ending being implied.

Page Stephens

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> Date: 3/24/2006 3:24:12 PM
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> You're right about "Hip, hip, hurray !" but I don't recall anyone ever
setting it up in real life, at least not in my experience.
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>   I was thinking of perfectly spontaneous situations where one emits his
or her own yell of choice.
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>   JL
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>   Michael McKernan <mckernan at LOCALNET.COM> wrote:
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> Jonathan Lighter wrote:
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> > But seriously, all I can recall using a kid FIFTY YEARS AGO is "Yay !"
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> How would you have responded if some one yelled, 'Hip, hip....'?
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> I believe that most people in the USA have been accustomed to 'hip, hip,
> hooray,' for many years.
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> Michael McKernan
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