Letters to WB

Alternative Origin to "Gung Ho"

Dear WB:

[Regarding "Origins" in the summer 2002 issue of WB], "gung ho" is not "a Chinese term that means ‘work together.’"

Please see, for example,
http://www.m-w.com/mw/textonly/wftw/97nov/111097.htm [link no longer functions]
and http://www.nzchinasociety.org.nz/gungho.html.

D. Gross