gunsel

[Wilson Gray]

On Jan 11, 2005, at 1:34 PM, Mullins, Bill wrote:

> ---------------------- Information from the mail header
> -----------------------
> Sender:       American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> Poster:       "Mullins, Bill" <Bill.Mullins at US.ARMY.MIL>
> Subject:      Re: gunsel
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> --------
>
>> -----------------------
>> Sender:       American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
>> Poster:       Wilson Gray <wilson.gray at RCN.COM>
>> Subject:      Re: gunsel
>> ----------------------------------------------------------
>>  E.g., remember the
>> scene in Red River in which John Wayne says to Montgomery
>> Clift, "You young punk"? It had the audience of the Dugout
>> (actually, the Douglas) rolling in the aisles.
>
> Given what is now common knowledge about Clift, but was probably
> "on the down low" back then, maybe the Duke was expressing a
> double meaning???
>

Yes. Even if the Duke himself had no idea, it's possible that the
scriptwriter and MG got together for a little inside joke. Like the
"Mongo! Santa Maria!" bit in Blazing Saddles.

-Wilson