Hollywood and "SIR!"
Doug Harris
cats22 at STNY.RR.COM
Tue Oct 20 23:01:29 UTC 2009
> . . . "HOO-ah!" and "OO-rah!" both seem to post-date Vietnam as
> well: they were discussed here a few years ago.
I wasn't on the list when those rather odd-sounding exclamations were discussed.
I would appreciate a pointer to where, in the archives, I could find that discussion
-- unless anyone feels like rehashing it now.
dh
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