Talk:Huzzah

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I'm wondering ... might "huzzah" have come from the French, "aux armes"? I was listening to Edith Piaf's version of La Marseillaise and was struck by the similarity of pronunciation; this would fit with a military origin in the 17th/18th century.

Should Balrog of Cave Story fame be mentioned? 66.69.147.209 08:27, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

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My preference is for a derivation from hoist and wonder if when hoisting a flag in salute it could be done in three pulls and hence 'Give three cheers - huzzah, huzzah, HUZZAH'

Maxx 08:26, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

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From Trevelyan, England Under the Stuarts (Methuan, 21st ed, 1961), p 347

"Yet even Charles [II] seemed too mild a monarch for subjects in this mood. His popularity waned before that of his brother [James II], whose health was now everywhere drunk with the loud 'Huzzah', the cry of the Tory partisans."

The year referred to is 1681.