Date:  Wed, 19 Apr 1995 15:34:51 EDT

From:  Larry Horn <LHORN[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]YALEVM.CIS.YALE.EDU>

Subject: <No subject given>



On sweet patooties, Peter McGraw writes:



>Larry,



>Are you sure you remember this right? I remember only "You bet your

>sweet bippie" on Laugh-In, whereas I think I remember hearing a song once

>long ago (pre-Laugh-In) called "Sweet Patootie Pie," which clearly

>referred to the dessert sweet potato pie.



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No, as I mentioned I'm not at all sure, and Peter is no doubt right that I'm

guilty of blending "You bet your sweet bippy" from Laugh-In with 'patootie',

but I'm quite sure I remember "You bet your sweet patootie" from SOMEwhere.

Can anyone else rack their brains? DARE's 'P' volume isn't out yet, so I

can't be called on the carpet for not checking there first.



Larry

McMinnville, OR





On Wed, 19 Apr 1995, Larry Horn wrote:



> I've never heard 'patoot', but I'm quite familiar with its diminutive, which

is

> usually found in the context of "You bet your sweet patootie." (I somehow

> associate this with the late 60's TV show Laugh-In.) I always assumed the

> patootie is, in fact, the human hindquarters, but I'm unsure on the

derivation.

> It does not seem likely to be an ablaut variant of '[sweet] potato'.

>

> Larry

>