Word: hahvuhd
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...hardest letter to learn ot pronounce, and that may be why the Hahvuhd student traditionally neglects it, a Purdue University speech expert declared last night...
Commenting on Buck's findings, Frederick C. Packard '20, assistant professor of Public Speaking, stated that the Harvard accent, far from omitting the "R," puts it just right. The "ah" sound in Hahvuhd is actually the best combination of the "A" and "R" sounds...
Ramsey is the other star of the W & M outfit. In the ol' South they are saying in their best johnny-cake, corn whiskey accents, "Hahvuhd can have Peabody. We'll take Ramsey any day." The bad thing about it that "they" might be right, as good as Peabody was, for Ramsey blocks and tackles like fiend and was picked on every All-Southern team in the books last year...
Only regret felt for the Harvard holiday was expressed by Corporal Ernest L. Davian of Holyoke, who suggested, "They will probably rib us for weeks back at camp about 'going to Hahvuhd...
...long cheer now has seven "rah's," two Hahvuhds, and three "teams." The cheerleaders are still arguing over the short cheer, as one faction wants it to be: "Hahvuhd, rah, ray, team," while the other says this would be untraditional...