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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread The word "yoo-hoo'. #186817 09/13/2009 2:51 PM Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 1 lola stranger lola stranger Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 1 Does anyone know the origin of the word "yoo-hoo"? I would appreciate your help. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: The word "yoo-hoo'. lola #186821 09/14/2009 3:34 PM Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA dalehileman Pooh-Bah dalehileman Pooh-Bah Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA Probably lola you've already been there but if not http://onelook.com/?w=yoo-hoo&ls=a dalehileman Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: The word "yoo-hoo'. dalehileman #186823 09/14/2009 11:39 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water thanks, Dale. ----please, draw me a sheep---- Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: The word "yoo-hoo'. lola #186948 09/24/2009 1:44 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York Onomatopoeic yodeling, I'd wager. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: The word "yoo-hoo'. AnnaStrophic #186954 09/24/2009 4:29 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water Thinking about it, is that even possible?? ----please, draw me a sheep---- Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: The word "yoo-hoo'. LukeJavan8 #186961 09/24/2009 6:15 PM Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague BranShea Carpal Tunnel BranShea Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague Not on the Great Plains. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: The word "yoo-hoo'. AnnaStrophic #186967 09/25/2009 1:10 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Actually, this is pretty much what I've been thinking. Certain kinds of sounds carry better over distance, and I understand that the ooooooo (as in who) is one of them. (I read this years ago in Careful, He Might Hear You {I think}; it takes place in Australia, and in it a lady gives this as the explanation for their Coo-ee call.) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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