'The Iowa Yell'
What did Howard Dean actually say in Iowa the other night? An exclusive review of how the Vermont governor's post-caucus ejaculation was rendered into type:
San Francisco Chronicle analysis: "Yeahhaaaaaaaaaaaaa!''
CNN transcipt: "Yeah!"
CNN graphic during Anderson Cooper's "360" show: "Yeeeaaaggghhh!"
Washington Post post mortem: "Yaaaaaaaaaah!"
The Australian: "Yaaaaaaaaaaaah!"
New York Times recap: "... a throaty howl."
Boston Globe: "... a yell that appeared part growl, part yodel." (Extra points to the Globe for having the yell "appear.")
Wall Street Journal: "... his hoarse voice rising to a scream."
Baltimore Sun: "... And the final word in the quotation above was a surprising barbaric yawp, even from the emotive Dean - more of an extended "yeeeee-arrrghhhh" than a measly "yeah." (Hey -- the Sun has a Walt Whitman fan on staff!)
Newsday: " ... a guttural yell."
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