Movies Popularizing Slang

Rick H Kennerly Rick at MOUSEHERDER.COM
Tue Aug 20 22:08:46 UTC 2002


|o|
|o| Sure that wasn't an exaggerated Hispanic pronounciation of
|o| Chevy?  Proir to
|o| Star wars I remember lots of cops refering to hispanics by
|o| saying "chevvy's"

No, back in the 7& 80s a lot of the Hispanic street gangs & roughs down in
S. Texas made it a point to be rather hairy as well as to cultivate a rather
exaggerated widow's peak, a lot like Chewbacca.  The Chevvy thing is so 50s.

rhk



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