GP>GH> Hooch = Yukon  Screech = Newfie, the latter is just fine
GP>GH> thank you, at least it was when I was drinking.

GP>I thought "hooch" was a generic term for cheap back alley booze. . .

I have been a little closer to the source of the term and understand
it developed during American Prohibation of distilled spirts from
the name of the Alaskan Indians tribe, the Hoocinoo; who an ability
to create a powerfull kind of fire water, and excellant ability to
run it into the mainline USA.

I cite the above based on information from "Morris Dictionary of Word
and Phrase Origins" by William and Mary Morris; that my daughter gave
me many years ago when she was an editor of "Newsweek".

This resource also has an interesting citation of; "Halligonian is a
native of Halifax, Nove Scotia" (which might help explain some of my
Canadian cousins 8-)

Ciao, Ack.

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