Hiii-yaaaaaaaaaaaaah

Georgia Avenue · #1 08-19-2005, 02:39 PM

I'm sure this has been asked before but it's hard to spell this so the search function will recognize it.

What's up with this noise that I hear in pokerrooms all over the country? Mostly followed by "Gambooooooool!" The second part I get...the nasal karate chop sound...No Savvy.

I heard this more at LC in oakland than anywhere out here.

This one crazy drunk cat at the Trop is the master of it: Snake, I believe is the name. Older semi-asian character who loves to cap pf in 2/4 w/ NADA. When he sucks out he leaps up screaming that "hAIiiiiiiiyaaaaaaaaah" and bangs the table...various other degenerates scream back at him from other 2/4 games around the room and the broke ones scurry over to get loans or handouts.

It's eerie, actually....like a bunch of paratroopers going "gerrrrronimoooo!" simultaneously.

What's up with--that?

BottlesOf · #2 08-19-2005, 02:46 PM

I hate the hi-yahhh myself and can offer no explanation. Gamb00000l on the other hand is great.

TheJunkyardGod · #3 08-19-2005, 02:57 PM

Holy crap i'm going to AC for some Drunken 2-4. I can't wait for stupid crap like this!

sfer · #4 08-19-2005, 03:05 PM

LC is in Colma, no?

Also, I think "Hiiiiii-yaaaaaaah!" is actually "Aiiiiiyaaaaaaaaaa!" Gabe is quite good at these.

Georgia Avenue · #5 08-19-2005, 03:25 PM

Whoops, I meant the oaks club in oakland. I've never been to LC.

I'll concur with the spelling... But what does it mean?!

mikech · #6 08-19-2005, 04:00 PM

it's "ai-yah!" and it means something like "yikes!"

playersare · #7 08-19-2005, 03:42 PM

"Hiiiiii-yaaaaaaah!" = karate chop

"Aiiiiiyaaaaaaaaaa!" = chinese equivalent of "oh dear!" when something bad happens.

ShawnHoo · #8 08-19-2005, 04:05 PM

It sounds the best when you say it like you're being punched in the stomach. Think a short, deep tone.

Georgia Avenue · #9 08-19-2005, 04:19 PM

YO, I would actually like that sound. In my experience (mostly from Snake) it sounds like a rubberband propeller airplane taking off or the little girl in "Soul Blade" doing her Magic Power Attack.

YIKES!

peterchi · #10 08-19-2005, 04:23 PM

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Also, I think "Hiiiiii-yaaaaaaah!" is actually "Aiiiiiyaaaaaaaaaa!" Gabe is quite good at these.

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Or, if you're from Taiwan, it would be "Ai-YOH"

Unfortunately there aren't enough of us around.