Yeehaw

[Towse]

On 3/12/07, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>  This is great, Barry, esp. since it makes it unnecessary for me to rent
>  _Red River_, which, unbelievably, is scarce around here.
>
>   I always thought jackasses said "hee-haw," not "yee-haw."  I doubt that the
> latter-day interjection originated in a conscious imitation of the quadruped.

Always assumed "yee haw" came from "gee haw" of "gee whoa" "giddyup" fame.

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