yahoo (was: 'Top Words from 2007'...)

[Scot LaFaive]

>Of interest here is that no one has heard of the pronunciaton YAH-hoo
as the majority form.

I've never heard any other pronunciation for "yahoo," at least not
that I can remember.

Scot


On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 12:40 PM, Tom Zurinskas <truespel at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> Ah another MAM-ogram.  There was a topic here, of course not addressed in his personal attack on me.  I enjoy collecting these.  What should I call it.  The collective wisdom of contributors to this list.
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> Of interest here is that no one has heard of the pronunciaton YAH-hoo as the majority form, even though that's the way the yahoo.com pronounces it.  Very very strange.
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> Tom Zurinskas, USA - CT20, TN3, NJ33, FL5+
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> > Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2008 13:23:44 -0400
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> > Tom:
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> > "If one person calls you a horse, pay no attention to them. If two
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