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May 12, 2008 12:29:48 GMT
Post by Pete on May 12, 2008 12:29:48 GMT
It's not totally relevant to the pronunciation but I understand that the written form is always "Yahoo!". That is, the exclamation mark is an integral part of the name.
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May 12, 2008 12:52:17 GMT
Post by Paul Doherty on May 12, 2008 12:52:17 GMT
And very annoying it is, too! Like Which? magazine.
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May 12, 2008 16:51:17 GMT
Post by Trevor on May 12, 2008 16:51:17 GMT
And Westward Ho! in Devon.
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May 12, 2008 20:37:11 GMT
Post by Dr Mildr on May 12, 2008 20:37:11 GMT
And Westward Ho! in Devon. The only British (or is it English?) place name with a punctuation mark as part of its name (as you all knew anyway). YaHOO or y'HOO |
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May 12, 2008 22:05:03 GMT
Post by Barry on May 12, 2008 22:05:03 GMT
I'll be picky back! Hyphens are surely punctuation marks, so let's start with Newcastle-under-Lyme, and move on from there, shall we?
Not forgetting our favourite punctuation mark: King's Lynn ;D
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May 12, 2008 22:11:43 GMT
Post by Dave M on May 12, 2008 22:11:43 GMT
And I'll add St. Annes - but I can't think of one with brackets or a (semi)colon!
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May 13, 2008 5:10:10 GMT
Post by Bertie on May 13, 2008 5:10:10 GMT
I live in a punctuated place-name (see left),
The local pub has just undergone a refurbishment and is receiving much opprobrium for having omitted the apostrophe in some of its new signage.
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May 13, 2008 10:17:32 GMT
Post by Geoff on May 13, 2008 10:17:32 GMT
I live in a punctuated place-name ... It must be hell in there.  |
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May 13, 2008 11:16:30 GMT
Post by Barry on May 13, 2008 11:16:30 GMT
Which, bizarrely enough, is my birthplace (although why it has never seemed to need an apostrophe, I'll never know; perhaps the odd, breathless prefix of Lytham, and the occasional hyphenation into St.-Annes-on-sea confuses signwriters).
When my father (who's from Hampshire) first moved to St Annes, he apparently commented that it was 'a cemetery with blue buses running through it'; I suspect there may have been a bit of a hunt at the hospital for a birth certificate ...
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May 13, 2008 22:59:35 GMT
Post by Trevor on May 13, 2008 22:59:35 GMT
Just realised I've not replied about the original question. I'm in the "equal stress on both syllables" camp. (With perhaps a slight leaning to the YAH-hoo version.
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May 14, 2008 18:12:12 GMT
Post by Dr Mildr on May 14, 2008 18:12:12 GMT
Oops. I s'pose I meant exclamation mark.  |
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May 14, 2008 19:32:14 GMT
Post by Bertie on May 14, 2008 19:32:14 GMT
I live in a punctuated place-name ... It must be hell in there. To be surrounded by apostrophes and semi=colons etc? Nah, I feel like a "sissy in boys' town". |
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