No mo' "ho ho ho"

[Wilson Gray]

Would that someone had thought of this when I was a child! How much
fright would the children of my era have been spared!

-Wilson

On 11/15/07, David A. Daniel <dad at pokerwiz.com> wrote:
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> If you have a look here
> http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22738300-2,00.html you will see that:
> (1) "Ho ho ho" has been banned by one Santa recruiter/supplier (i.e. it is
> not universal); (2) They banned "Ho ho ho" because they thought it would
> frighten children whereas the more usual (among non-Santas) "ha ha ha" would
> not; (3) Australian interviewees think it is just as ridiculous as everybody
> else does. This may well be excessive political correctness, or it may be
> excessive paranoia over law suits but, either way, it is not of the
> nappy-headed variety.
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> From: American Dialect Society [mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of
> Charles Doyle
> Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 11:09 AM
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> Subject: No mo' "ho ho ho"
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> From the AFP wire, posted at Yahoo! News:
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> << Santas in Australia's largest city have been told not to use Father
> Christmas's traditional "ho ho ho" greeting because it may be offensive to
> women, it was reported Thursday. >>
>
> Santas in Sydney now say "Ha ha ha."
>
> --Charlie
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