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Thread #152560 Message #3993654
Posted By: GUEST,Phil d'Conch
23-May-19 - 09:21 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Cheer'ly Man - history (Cheerily Man)
Subject: RE: Cheer'ly Man - history
Also: A Journal of a Voyage to Quebec in 1825, Finan, 1828. Mentioned in the other threads.
Only slight drift:
The "war cry," "shout," or "cheer" is a prehistoric response. The Greek keleusmaalala became the Roman "elelu" and thence to the Christian's "Allelujah!" and the modern "ululu" and "oo-RAH!"