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Upupa and ἔποψ (epops) are respectively the Latin and Ancient Greek names for the hoopoe; both, like the English name, are onomatopoeic forms which imitate the cry of the bird. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] The hoopoe was classified in the clade Coraciiformes , which also includes kingfishers , bee-eaters , and rollers . [ 8 ]
Perhaps Ahern just thought it a funny word to use as a name. (DARE has an entry for hoople meaning a hoop such as children used to roll about, from the Dutch word for the thing.) Mott the Hoople seems to use the word in a sense closely related to the "idiot" sense. Deor 21:40, 8 September 2013 (UTC)
Hey, Rube! was the title of a 1921 American silent comedy short film starring Bobby Vernon and Helen Darling. During World War II, "Hey Rube!"was the open-microphone radio call issued by Combat Air Directors on American aircraft carriers to alert USN fighters to prepare to defend a task force from enemy air-attack.
Ian Hunter Patterson (born 3 June 1939) [1] [2] [3] [nb 1] is an English singer, songwriter and musician. He is best known as the lead vocalist of the rock band Mott the Hoople, from its inception in 1969 to its dissolution in 1974, and at the time of its 2009, 2013, and 2019 reunions.
Hooah / ˈ h uː ɑː / is a battle cry used by members of the United States Army. [1] Originally spelled "Hough", the battle cry was first used by members of the 2nd Cavalry Regiment during the Second Seminole War in 1841, after Seminole chief Coacoochee toasted officers of the regiment with a loud "Hough!", apparently a corruption of "How d'ye do!"
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Alala / ˈ æ l ə l ə / (Ancient Greek: Ἀλαλά (alalá); "battle-cry" or "war-cry") was the personification of the war cry in Greek mythology.Her name derives from the onomatopoeic Greek word ἀλαλή (alalḗ), [1] hence the verb ἀλαλάζω (alalázō), "to raise the war-cry".
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