"Way to go!"

Pete typed thus:
[nq:1]Hi everybody! I've often heard the phrase "Way to go!" and I have a faint idea of what it means. Can anybody explain to me when exactly this expression is used (and maybe something about its etymology)?[/nq]
It is an expression of approval at an achievement. You might say it to somebody who has just won a race or gained a place at university. It's often followed by t

[nq:1]Pete typed thus:[/nq]
[nq:2]Hi everybody! I've often heard the phrase "Way to go!" ... this expression is used (and maybe something about its etymology)?[/nq]
[nq:1]It is an expression of approval at an achievement. You might say it to somebody who has just won a ... followed by their name: "Way to go, Pete". I have a suspicion that it's not US English but more UK.[/nq]
Nope. Per

[nq:1]Pete typed thus:[/nq]
[nq:2]Hi everybody! I've often heard the phrase "Way to go!" ... this expression is used (and maybe something about its etymology)?[/nq]
[nq:1]It is an expression of approval at an achievement. You might say it to somebody who has just won a ... followed by their name: "Way to go, Pete". I have a suspicion that it's not US English but more UK.[/nq]
That last

[nq:1]Hi everybody! I've often heard the phrase "Way to go!" and I have a faint idea of whatit means. Can anybody explain to me when exactly this expression is used (and maybe something about its etymology)?[/nq]
I have always assumed that this expression was originally shortened from "That's the way to go!" Now it is a fairly universal kind of cheer in approbation of progress in many activiti

[nq:1]Pete typed thus:[/nq]
[nq:2]Hi everybody! I've often heard the phrase "Way to go!" ... this expression is used (and maybe something about its etymology)?[/nq]
[nq:1]It is an expression of approval at an achievement. You might say it to somebody who has just won a ... US English but more UK.It is something I associate strongly with the USA. I cannot remember ever hearing it "live".[/n

[nq:2]Pete typed thus: It is an expression of approval at ... a suspicion that it's not US English but more UK.[/nq]
[nq:1]That last comment brought me up short: I'd always considered the reverse to be true. Matti[/nq]
Moi aussi. Way to go Matti.

John Dean
Oxford

[nq:2]Pete typed thus: It is an expression of approval at ... a suspicion that it's not US English but more UK.[/nq]
[nq:1]Nope. Perfectly normal in the US too.[/nq]
Now can we find out how far back it goes? I heard it in school in the NYC area in the late 1950's.
Brian Wickham

[nq:1]Pete typed thus:[/nq]
[nq:2]Hi everybody! I've often heard the phrase "Way to go!" ... this expression is used (and maybe something about its etymology)?[/nq]
[nq:1]It is an expression of approval at an achievement. You might say it to somebody who has just won a race or gained a place at university. It's often followed by their name: "Way to go, Pete".[/nq]
It would be a grave e

I have not seen anyone note that the meaning of "way" in the expression - perhaps not obvious to all - might be clearer if it is thought of as a remnant of "(That is the) way to go."
RY

Thanks, Richard! That was exactly the information I was looking for!
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