[forwarded from 19cBB] Huzzah now in modern usage

[M Covarrubias]

i recall jon stewart using it in the phrase "huzzah and kudos" on the
daily show a few years back. it seems to me it was an occasional
refrain. perhaps even with a graphic? i don't know. maybe just a
single use that made an impression and stuck with me. this is all very
helpful i'm sure.

michael


On Mar 6, 2009, at 10:07 PM, Scot LaFaive wrote:

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>> This is the first time I've heard the word huzzah outside of 19th
>> century
>> baseball or early American history texts. And I've not often seen
>> it there.
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> I believe it's a fairly common interjection at renaissance
> festivals, for
> whatever reason.
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> Scot
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> On 3/6/09, George Thompson <george.thompson at nyu.edu> wrote:
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>> Posted to a listserv of harmless crackpots devoted to the study of
>> the
>> history of baseball, and forwarded, with permission, to a listserv
>> of . . .
>> .
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>> Mind you, I've said nothing.
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>> A response to this to the original listserv cited the OED,
>> seemingly to the
>> effect that its latest references are from the late 19th C.  I have
>> been
>> 86ed by my connection to the OED, so I can't verify this.
>>
>> Ms. Astifan writes, while giving this permission, that she had seen
>> this
>> passage in the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle of March 2, 2009.
>>
>> Original posting follows:
>>
>> For what it's worth I just read syndicated columnist Kim Komando's
>> article,
>> "Microsoft will trumpet new system, but what's the real reason
>> behind it?"
>> Naturally I was surprised to find the following in the opening
>> paragraph:
>> "When it is released, you can expect brass bands, dancing girls and
>> mighty
>> huzzahs. But why?"
>>
>> This is the first time I've heard the word huzzah outside of 19th
>> century
>>>>> baseball or early American history texts. And I've not often
>>>>> seen it there.
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>>>> Interesting.
>>>
>>> Priscilla Astifan
>>>
>>> GAT
>>>
>>> George A. Thompson
>>> Author of A Documentary History of "The African Theatre",
>>> Northwestern
>>> Univ. Pr., 1998, but nothing much lately.
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