Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ptsfa.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!hplabs!pesnta!amd!dual!ptsfa!rob 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 Article-I.D.: ptsfa.402 Posted: Mon Dec 24 13:59:14 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 29-Dec-84 02:36:20 EST References: <602@asgb.UUCP> Organization: Pacific Bell, San Francisco Lines: 9 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. -- Rob Bernardo, Pacific Bell, San Francisco, California {ihnp4,ucbvax,cbosgd,decwrl,amd70,fortune,zehntel}!dual!ptsfa!pbauae!rob