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* Played for laughs in [[William Shakespeare]]'s ''[[Much Ado About Nothing]]''.
{{quote|'''Dogberry:''' You are to bid any man stand, in the Prince's name. '''Verges:''' How if a' will not stand? \\'''Dogberry:''' Why, take no note of him, but let him go.}}
* Late in the [[Wooden Ships and Iron Men]] novel ''The Black Cockade'' by Victor Suthren, a British ship's crew guarding the mouth of a port fails to realize that British-style cheering — "Huzzah!" — in response to "What ship are you?" is '''''NOT''''' proof that the ship sailing out in the dark of night isn't crewed by escaping French prisoners of war.
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