Significance of "G"----was: Re: "Creeks don't rise" (1901, 1908)

[Cohen, Gerald Leonard]

     Btw, for the uninitiated, "G" in hip-hop lingo stands for "Gangsta." I see it's even possible (http://www.cafepress.com/rockingtees/657198) to order 
T-shirts, tank-tops, etc. with the message "G is for GANGSTA."
 
G. Cohen

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From: American Dialect Society on behalf of Wilson Gray
Sent: Wed 2/21/2007 1:56 PM
To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: Re: "Creeks don't rise" (1901, 1908)



FWIW, a black Saint Louis DJ, George "The G" Logan,  used "Be the Good
Lord willing and the creeks don't rise" as one of his many
catch-phrases, ca.1950 >. There was some discussion, at the time,
amongst listeners as to whether "creeks" was actually "Creeks" and not
"creeks." Naturally, The G was too smart to clear this up  

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-Wilson

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