[forwarded from 19cBB] Huzzah now in modern usage

[Wilson Gray]

It - and also "hurrah!" - used to be fairly common in comic books in
the '40's, particularly in ones whose stories featured protagonists
who were students at the comic-book equivalents of St Grottlesex. An
example is on the tip of my tongue and will, no doubt, come to mind as
soon as I click "Send."

-Wilson
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On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 8:38 AM, M Covarrubias <mcovarru at purdue.edu> wrote:
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> 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.
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> michael
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> 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.
>>
>> 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 . . .
>>> .
>>>
>>> Mind you, I've said nothing.
>>>
>>> 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. Â 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.
>>>>>
>>>>> 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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