tighty-whitey

[Sam Clements]

I just asked my 14 year old word/movie/tv geek as he passed through my
apartment.  He instantly said "Dad.  I think it was in the movie "Porky's."
(1982).

He's been known to be wrong, but he is often right.

If someone wants to watch said movie, then we'll know.

Sam Clements

----- Original Message -----
From: "Arnold M. Zwicky" <zwicky at CSLI.STANFORD.EDU>
To: <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2005 6:38 PM
Subject: tighty-whitey


> my latest Language Log posting --
>   http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/001992.html
> -- takes up "tighty-whitey" (and "whitey-tighty") vs. "tidy-whitey".
> anyone have any datings on this one?  (it's not in the obvious places.)
>
> arnold (zwicky at csli.stanford.edu)
>