Plz don't say its to scare someone. How did saying boo come about?
An exclamation in English used to evoke or suggest surprise, typically associated with ghosts.
2007-06-04 07:18:22 · 8 answers · asked by Michael N 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Some idiot with nothing better to do has gone through all the replies and given them a negative score - without any useful suggestions.
I don't know, but it's interesting that the equivalent to "boo" to scare people in French is "hou" - pronounced [oo] and in Spanish mu - pronounced [moo]. Perhaps the [oo] sound is ghostly and the preceding sound is random, as long as it's a voiced plosive of some sort.
2007-06-04 07:38:54 · answer #1 · answered by JJ 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
maybe one day some one just said the first word that came to mind when they were trying to scare some one and ever since people say boo
2007-06-04 07:23:35 · answer #2 · answered by cara 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i think it cames from a movie...i don't remember the tittle..i think it is Monster .Inc...there is a little girl named Boo and she likes to say 'boo' to the monsters.
2007-06-04 15:30:30 · answer #3 · answered by Nurul 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think people just randomly want to shout out boob but don't want to sound pervy so they say boo instead
2007-06-04 07:26:53 · answer #4 · answered by sonia345 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
God, to give life to mud, suddenly said "boo".
And he created the mankind!
2007-06-04 07:25:22 · answer #5 · answered by ANDREJ !!! 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Who knows!
2007-06-04 07:21:47 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It behooves you to boo.
2007-06-04 07:22:12 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
seems you've answered your own question
2007-06-04 07:26:43 · answer #8 · answered by kdizz 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋