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From: rob@ptsfa.UUCP (Rob Bernardo)
Newsgroups: net.nlang
Subject: Re: P.U.?
Message-ID: <402@ptsfa.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 24-Dec-84 13:59:14 EST
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Posted: Mon Dec 24 13:59:14 1984
Date-Received: Sat, 29-Dec-84 02:36:20 EST
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Organization: Pacific Bell, San Francisco
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As for the etymology of 'p u' (said upon smelling a bad odor), it seems
to me that 'p u' is a exaggerated lengthening of 'pew' just as
'pulleeze' is lengthening of 'please'. 'Pew', 'phew' or 'whew' is onomatopoetic
for the sound one makes when, e.g. wiping one's brow, smelling a bad odor, etc.
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Rob Bernardo, Pacific Bell, San Francisco, California
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