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There are 7 messages totalling 210 lines in this issue.



Topics of the day:



 1. [p*tut] (4)

 2. <No subject given>

 3. [p*tut] and more

 4. Sweet Patootie  (PG-13)



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Date:  Wed, 19 Apr 1995 10:58:19 EDT

From:  David Bergdahl <bergdahl[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]OUVAXA.CATS.OHIOU.EDU>

Subject: [p*tut]



          Ohio University Electronic Communication





  Date: 19-Apr-1995 10:52am EST



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  From: David Bergdahl               Dept: English

     BERGDAHL                 Tel No: (614) 593-2783



Subject: [p*tut]





    Here's a local term that I've heard for years but don't know its origin:

[p*tut] with * for schwa. It's always transparent in meaning--"I don't give a

horse's patoot for that." "He's a real horse's patoot." "He got kicked in the

patoot." &c. There's a long tradition of Ohio Valley French (with cities like

Marietta--named after Marie Antoinette--and Gallipolis (pronounced [gael*polis]

with accent on the last syllable)) and also a goodly number of Italians. Any

ideas for the origin of [p*tut]?

                    David

David Bergdahl Ohio Univ/Athens    BERGDAHL[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]OUVAXA.CATS.OHIOU.EDU

"between Appalachia and the midwest"







Received: 19-Apr-1995 10:58am