From N-archive: ---------- _Sheboygan [WI] Press_, 6 Aug. 1943: p. 7: <<Similar to the bray of a mule is the "yee haw" yell of Marine parachutists who "give" [sic] when they dive from the plane into space.>> ---------- -- Doug Wilson ------------------------------------------------------------ The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org