Hang a Louie

[Anne Rogers]

I grew up in suburban Boston (Acton), and we always said "bang a U-ie"
although I've never heard anything about Louie, Ralph, or Roscoe!

Anne Rogers

>-----Original Message-----
>
>Has anybody heard the expression "bang a (left/right/etc.)"?  A friend of
mine
>from eastern MA uses it, and I've never been sure whether it's a
>mistake, a reinterpretation,  or a legitimate variant (all of which
>concepts, I realize, shade off into each other).
>
>Joanne Despres
>Merriam-Webster