"Gwine"

[Wilson Gray]

On Feb 23, 2005, at 9:29 PM, Laurence Horn wrote:

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> Subject:      Re: "Gwine"
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> At 3:52 PM -0500 2/23/05, Wilson Gray wrote:
>> Yes. You are correct, sir. It *was* Old Crow that was known as "Dirty
>> Bird." Folk are friendlier to brands like Jim Beam and Jack Daniel's,
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> reminds me of a line I liked in "Monster's Ball" (speaking of movies):
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> My husband used to LOVE him some Jack Daniel's.
> -Leticia (Halle Berry's character) to Hank (Billy Bob Thornton's) in
> "Monster's Ball"
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> The referent is of course the (African-American) man who was put to
> death earlier in the movie.  (I like the line for the "personal
> dative", but I don't mind me some Jackie D on occasion myself,
> although I usually go for non-schoolboy scotch.)

My favorites are a blues line, "I laid down last night, thinkin' about
me a mojo hand" and "I'm just sitting here, eatin' on me a hamburger,"
spoken by an R&B DJ. There's also "We'll have her a party," but that's
not clearly distinct from "We'll have a party for her" or "We'll throw
her a party." On the old TV show, "In Living Color," there was a bit by
the Wayans sister that always included the line, "I love me some
Miss/Ms/Mrs [I've forgotten the name]!"

-Wilson

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>> known to their confidants as "Jimmy B." and "Jackie D.," respectively.
>> For some reason, probably just for the hell of it, a drink that was
>> known elsewhere as "WPLJ" (white port & lemon juice, celebrated in
>> several R&B tunes of the '50's)
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> Any relation to the very high-profile alternative rock radio station
> in New York with those call letters, I wonder?  (Maybe it's not
> alternative rock these days, I wouldn't know, but it was in the 70s.)
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> larry
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>> was known in St. Louis as "schoolboy
>> Scotch."
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