"And how!"

Posted by ESC on January 31, 2006

In Reply to: "And how!" posted by Steph on January 31, 2006

: Does anyone know the origin of the saying "And how!"

"and how! Indicating 'intensive emphasis of what someone else has just said,' 'and how!' is a long-popular catchphrase first recorded in 1924. The Americanism possibly derives from the German 'und wie!' or the Italian 'e come!', meaning the same thing, and once very common among Americans of German and Italian extraction, respectively." From Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins by Robert Hendrickson (Facts on File, New York, 1997).

• "And how!" Smokey Stover 01/February/06