Hang a Louie

[Peter A. McGraw]

There was a discussion of these terms--a rather lengthy one, as I
recall--on this list a few years ago, so it's probably in the archives.

Peter Mc.

--On Tuesday, October 1, 2002 11:18 AM -0400 Fred Shapiro
<fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU> wrote:

> On Tue, 1 Oct 2002, Michael Quinion wrote:
>
>> Here's one that should be right up the street of many people on this
>> list. Query from a subscriber: "I've heard the term 'hang a Louie'
>> (mainly from New York cabbies) for 'turn left', but I've never heard
>> the corresponding one for 'turn right'.  Is there one?"
>
> I heard "hang a louie" and "hang a rooie" in the early 1970s from a Long
> Island native.
>
> Fred Shapiro
>
>
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                               Peter A. McGraw
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