Comments on: The NC Origins of “Goofy” http://www.lib.unc.edu/blogs/ncm/index.php/2006/08/02/the-nc-origins-of-goofy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-nc-origins-of-goofy Exploring the History, Literature, and Culture of the Tar Heel State Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:08:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Nicholas Graham http://www.lib.unc.edu/blogs/ncm/index.php/2006/08/02/the-nc-origins-of-goofy/comment-page-1/#comment-157 Nicholas Graham Wed, 30 Aug 2006 12:46:20 +0000 http://www.lib.unc.edu/blogs/ncm/?p=105#comment-157 All regular readers of “This Month in North Carolina History” know about the North Carolina origins of the word “bunk” or “bunkum.”

But I have to admit to being stumped on “hooey.” The OED has references as early as 1924, just a couple of years after North Carolina’s Clyde Hoey left the U.S. House of Representatives. Is there a connection?

]]> By: Kevin Cherry http://www.lib.unc.edu/blogs/ncm/index.php/2006/08/02/the-nc-origins-of-goofy/comment-page-1/#comment-156 Kevin Cherry Tue, 29 Aug 2006 17:10:45 +0000 http://www.lib.unc.edu/blogs/ncm/?p=105#comment-156 So, Nick, now tell us about the NC origins of the words “bunk” and “hooey!”

]]> By: Elizabeth McAulay http://www.lib.unc.edu/blogs/ncm/index.php/2006/08/02/the-nc-origins-of-goofy/comment-page-1/#comment-111 Elizabeth McAulay Wed, 02 Aug 2006 19:49:50 +0000 http://www.lib.unc.edu/blogs/ncm/?p=105#comment-111 Wow! Excellent sleuthing, I have to say. The good thing is, too, that I now know how to pronounce “The Goophered Grapevine.” Now, next investigation will really have to be into the Disney character of “Goofy.”

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