pronun. of "yahoo," n.

[Sam Clements]

Is this still about "yee-ha?" and the Texas yell?

Sam Clements

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Subject: pronun. of "yahoo," n.


> OED offers [jhu] only, which is the educated pronunciation.
>
>  IIRC, old westerns pronounce it [ 'je:hu: ], and, outside the classroom,
> I have heard it so pronounced in the South.  I never heard it at all in
> NYC, outside of the classroom.
>
>  JL
>
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