preferable to
that of _exclamation_, for some exclamations are not interjections, and
some interjections are not exclamations."--GIBBS: _Fowler's E. Gram._,
Sec.333.

LIST OF THE INTERJECTIONS.

The following are the principal interjections, arranged according to the
emotions which they are generally intended to indicate:--1. Of joy; _eigh!
hey! io!_--2. Of sorrow; _oh! ah! hoo! alas! alack! lackaday! welladay!_ or
_welaway!_--3. Of wonder; _heigh! ha! strange! indeed!_--4. Of wishing,
earnestness, or vocative address; (often with a noun or pronoun in the
nominative absolute;) _O!_--5. Of praise; _well-done! good! bravo!_--6. Of
surprise with disapproval; _whew! hoity-toity! hoida! zounds! what!_--7. Of
pain or fear; _oh! ooh! ah! eh! O dear!_--8. Of contempt; _fudge! pugh!
poh! pshaw! pish! tush! tut! humph!_--9. Of aversion; _foh! faugh! fie! fy!
foy!_[318]--10. Of expulsion; _out! off! shoo! whew! begone! avaunt!
aroynt!_--11. Of calling aloud; _ho! soho! what-ho! hollo! holla! hallo!
halloo! hoy! ahoy!_--12. Of exultation; _ah! aha! huzza! hey! heyday!
hurrah!_--13. Of laughter; _ha, ha, ha; he, he, he; te-hee, te-hee._--14.
Of salutation; _welcome! hail! all-hail!_--15. Of calling to attention;
_ho! lo! la! law![319] look! see! behold! hark!_--16. Of calling to
silence; _hush! hist! whist! 'st! aw! mum!_--17. Of dread or horror; _oh!
ha! hah! what!_--18. Of languor or weariness; _heigh-ho!
heigh-ho-hum!_--19. Of stopping; _hold! soft! avast! whoh!_--20. Of
parting; _farewell! adieu! good-by! good-day!_--21. Of knowing or
detecting; _oho! ahah! ay-ay!_--22. Of interrogating; _eh? ha? hey?_[320]

OBSERVATIONS.

OBS. 1.--With the interjections, may perhaps be reckoned _hau_ and _gee_,
the imperative words of teamsters driving cattle; and other similar sounds,
useful under certain circumstances, but seldom found in books. Besides
these, and all the foregoing, there are several others, too often heard,
which are unworthy to be considered parts of a cultivated language. The
frequent use of interjections savours more of thoughtlessness than of
sensibility. Philosophical writing and dispassionate discourse exclude them
altogether. Yet are there several words of this kind, which in earnest
utterance, animated poetry, or impassioned declamation, are not only
natural, but exceedingly expressive: as, "Lift up thy voice, _O_ daughter
of Gallim; cause it to be heard unto Laish, _O_ poor Anathoth."--_Isaiah_,
x, 30. "_Ala