A little trivia?

Started by GunClick Rick, December 29, 2009, 10:05:26 PM

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GunClick Rick

Where does the phrase YEEHAAAW come from ;D
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Major 2

 team Mule drivers used the phrase...as Yee for right and Haw for left...

it comes from the more correct Gee Haw  
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GunClick Rick

TAAAA DAAAA :D And don't forget Woa ;)
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northwestgrizzly

A little surface research also turned up this.....

......that Yeehaw Junction
should actually be pronounced "yah
haw,'' not the cowbody-sounding "yeehaw''
and that ya haw was the Seminole
word for wolf.

Can any one corroborate this with harder data?
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Curley Cole

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Major 2

Yeehaw Junction is just 51 miles south on here, there is documentation at the Desert Inn now on the list of National Historical sites, the crossroads was originally called  "Jackass Junction".

The term "Gee" & "Haw" was used to drive mules.

The word "Yeehaw" is Seminole in origin and means "wolf" referring to wolves that inhabited the area.
and the word "Seminole" itself means "wildman"
when planets align...do the deal !

GunClick Rick

Ok how about this one..."Spit quick er puke" :D
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Ozark Tracker

Quote from: GunClick Rick on December 30, 2009, 12:05:31 PM
Ok how about this one..."Spit quick er puke" :D

ta tell you the truth,  I remember sayin or at least thinkin it once,   the first time I ever took a dip of Copenhagen  when I was about 18.     that stuff will get away from ya.
:o
We done it for Dixie,  nothing else

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Daniel Nighteyes

Quote from: Major 2 on December 30, 2009, 04:44:08 AM
...and the word "Seminole" itself means "wildman"

According to many sources, the word Seminole is a close derivative of the Muscogee (Creek) word for "runaway".  Many groups of Seminole were heavily composed of Muscogees and slaves who had "run" south into what is now Florida in order to escape persecution and death.

GunClick Rick

Ozark hit it on the head! :D What i told my brother Rodney too when i replaced his dip with worm dirt.We sold fishin worms at my dads mini mart and the dirt looked just like dip,i found his can layin on the counter as i was stockin worms ;D Shoulda heard him holler :D I told him to quit spittin in them soda pop cans :o Damn what happened to my coke! :P :P :-[ :-[ :-X
He never did it again though ;)

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Major 2

Quote from: Daniel Nighteyes on December 30, 2009, 03:55:32 PM
According to many sources, the word Seminole is a close derivative of the Muscogee (Creek) word for "runaway".  Many groups of Seminole were heavily composed of Muscogees and slaves who had "run" south into what is now Florida in order to escape persecution and death.

Quote from: Daniel Nighteyes on December 30, 2009, 03:55:32 PM
According to many sources, the word Seminole is a close derivative of the  (Creek) word for "runaway".  Many groups of Seminole were heavily composed of Muscogees and slaves who had "run" south into what is now Florida in order to escape persecution and death.

I have heard this too,  so no argument (when the language is Muscogee (Creek)

there are two different language of the Seminole, Muscogee Creek and Miccosukee  

It's pronounced "SEH-minn-ole." It comes from a Spanish word meaning "wild."
when planets align...do the deal !

Daniel Nighteyes

Yup, know about the Miccosukee.  Fine folks.

GunClick Rick

Bunch a ole scudders!

GunClick Rick

Bunch a ole scudders!

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