2006-08-05 10:51:24 · 16 answers · asked by maggie 4 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
YAHOO as a noun is pronounced as / 'ja: hu: / with the stress on the first syllable, 'ya. When we say YAA we say it with a great stress & when we complete the word, we complete it with a falling 'hoo'! It means a rude, violent, noisyperson (disapprovingly)
In its use as an EXCLAMATION, it is pronounced as / ja: 'hu:) with stress on the second syllable 'hoo'. This Ya'hoo is used to show that you're very happy.
Answer: The stress is according to the context / situation..
2006-08-05 12:09:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm not 100% sure how Americans pronounce it but most English people I know stress BOTH "Ya" and "Hoo". It really works both ways.
2006-08-06 04:06:00 · answer #2 · answered by heathenchimp 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ya could be right on either of those. Hoo knows?
2006-08-05 17:55:11 · answer #3 · answered by Hainer 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm British and I'd stress the 'hoo'.
2006-08-05 17:57:19 · answer #4 · answered by Jude 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
for me the ya but the american advert stresses the hoo....
2006-08-05 18:00:32 · answer #5 · answered by Elena H 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
both but more stress on HOO
2006-08-05 23:38:01 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm British and I'd stress the 'ya'
2006-08-05 17:58:49 · answer #7 · answered by mart8171 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ya
2006-08-05 17:55:31 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ya
The name of the yowie of Australian myth may have been taken from Swift's Yahoos originally. Daniel Boone claimed that he killed a hairy giant that he called a Yahoo. Boone often used terms from Gulliver's Travels.
2006-08-05 17:54:18 · answer #9 · answered by Puppy Zwolle 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hoo
2006-08-06 19:40:00 · answer #10 · answered by sunshine 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋