Date:  Thu, 27 Oct 1994 12:17:39 EDT

From:  GLENN D STEWART <gdstew01[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MSUACAD.MOREHEAD-ST.EDU>

Subject: Re: Larry Davis: a gentleman and scholar of the old school



>

> On John Baugh's query re equivalents to the "'hood" use of H[ome] T[raining]--

>

>

> In the African American community, saying that someone had good "HT" or

> worse, that someone "ain't got no HT" is a way of distinguishing those

> who are considerate of others, and those who simply lack such training.

> Are there comparable expressions in the white community (in the U.S. or

> elsewhere?)

>

> --sounds similar to the French "bien elev'e(e)". I don't know any colloquial

> English equivalent in the white community.

>L > Larry



 Perhaps a close equivalent might be "What's the matter with you, were you born in a barn? or is that only local Eastern Kentuckian?