"Little" xxxx. From early R&B to Rap.

[Ed Keer]

My Father (74, grew up in West Philly) had a relative
they called Our Marie--to distinguish her from the
other Marie's. For a while he thought her name was
Armory.

Ed

--- Carol Snow <casnow at UCLINK4.BERKELEY.EDU> wrote:
> My neighborhood (1950s SoCal) had a Chicano family
> with a daughter
> called Little Mary - again to distinguish her from
> her mother, so
> though females aren't typically named Junior, the
> appellation can
> refer to mothers and daughters as well.
>
>
> >Not only in AA-communities: my
> Irish-Swedish-American family differentiated
> >"Big Larry" (b. 1909) from "Little Larry" (b. 1936)
> even when "Little
> >Larry" was 2" taller than his dad.
> >
> >--On Monday, March 10, 2003 2:01 AM -0800 Margaret
> Lee <mlee303 at YAHOO.COM>
> >wrote:
> >
> >>>Why would the appellation "Little or Lil' " be
> very common in Black
> >>>English?
> >>>Because the performers started at a very young
> age and were truly
> >>"little?"
> >>
> >>That, plus in many instances in the African
> American community,
> >>especially for males, "big" and "little" were/are
> used to distinguish
> >>the father from the son with the same name-- Big
> Joe and Little Joe.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>--- Sam Clements <sclements at NEO.RR.COM> wrote:
> >>>While waiting for my son today, I was listening
> to "the oldies."
> >>>And heard
> >>>a familiar song by Little Anthony and the
> Imperials.  And then I
> >>>thought of
> >>>Little Richard.
> >>>
> >>>And then I thought about my son's devotion to Rap
> and Hip Hop, with
> >>>more
> >>>singers than you can shake your booty at who have
> the name "Little"
> >>>before
> >>>their given name.  There's Little Wayne.  Lil'
> Romeo,  Lil' Kim,
> >>>and many
> >>>others.
> >>>
> >>>So I got out my Billboard top 40, and discovered
> Little
> >>>Caesar(1961), Little
> >>>Eva(1962), Little Joe(1957), Little Joey(1962),
> Little
> >>>Milton(1965).  Most
> >>>are listed as R&B("Black") singers.  I don't know
> how many were
> >>>Afro-American, but that is the question I pose.
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >>=====
> >>Margaret G. Lee, Ph.D.
> >>Associate Professor - English and Linguistics
> >>  & University Editor
> >>Department of English
> >>Hampton University, Hampton, VA 23668
>
>>(757)727-5769(voice);(757)727-5084(fax);(757)851-5773(home)
> >>e-mail: margaret.lee at hamptonu.edu   or
> mlee303 at yahoo.com
> >>
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