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> From: Bob W <p...@web-options.com>
> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net>
> Sent: Tue, August 17, 2010 2:46:40 AM
> Subject: RE: <woot!>
>
> > On 8/15/2010 7:50 PM, Brendan MacRae wrote:
> > > Woot!
> >
> > Congratulations! You did exceptionally well and really deserve all the
> praise
> > and prices...
> >
> > P.S. What does "woot" mean?
> >
> > Boris
>
> it's a nautical term originating from the days of sail. After Eric the Red
> had discovered America he continued down the coastline to what is now
> Panama. His crew portaged their longboat over the isthmus and into the
> Pacific Ocean where they sailed until they discovered Hawaii, with all its
> attractions. 'Woot!' is an onomatopoeic rendering of the noise made by a
> volcano that was exploding just as the Norse sailors with their horned
> helmets caught their first glimpse of the local womanhood waiting on the
> beaches.
>
> The sound became a cry of jubilation for sailors arriving unexpectedly on
> shore that has survived into English today - it was a war cry of the Vikings
> as they neared the shores of Northumbria where, just like the Hawaiians
> before them, San and Tray awaited...
>
> It has entered mainstream English mainly in the USA as a result of the joy
> experienced by the Pilgrim Fathers when they first saw Pocohontas waiting on
> the beach.
>
> Bob
>
ROTFLMAO...
;-)
-Brendan
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