P.E.P.?

[Wilson Gray]

Well, excuse me. Please allow me to make the following revision to my
observation:

"During The War, _and for some years thereafter_, there was a dry
cereal named 'Kellog's Pep.' " ;-)

-Wilson

On 8/10/07, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> I ate Kellogg's Pep well into the 1950s.
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>   JL
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> Wilson Gray <hwgray at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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> During The War, there was a dry cereal named "Kellog's Pep." I also
> recall a C&W song with the verse:
>
> Shoutin' out, full o' _pep_
> Watch yo' step! Watch yo' step!
>
> Or something like that. I can't recall its date. It was some time
> between 1945 and 1955, as a WAG.
>
> -Wilson
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> On 8/10/07, David Borowitz wrote:
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> > On 8/10/07, ronbutters at aol.com wrote:
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> > > I was amazed to see that the word "pep" is in use for a new commercial
> >
> > > product, much less one for erectile disfunction. I got a spam ad today wi=
> > th
> > > the folllowing testimonial";
> > >
> > > "I pleased how swiftly P.E.P. worked on my boyfriend, he can no way stop
> > > babbling about how hot he is having his new calibre, length, and libido!"
> > > Amelia B., Washington
> > >
> > > Is "pep" making a vernacular comeback? It also occurs to me that some
> > > Bulgarian scammer may have selected "pep" from a dctionary without really
> > > unbderstanding how dated it is?
> >
> >
> > This is pure speculation, but consider the target audience of erectile
> > dysfunction ads. Using a slang term from baby boomers' youth for that kind
> > of product could help recall their own younger, more vigorous days. (I say
> > this without being particularly confident that the timing matches up.)
> >
> > Dave
> >
> > (If Dennis or a,yone needs to see the full ad, I can forward it to
> > > individuals")
> > > Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Dennis Preston
>
> > >
> > > Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 07:35:18
> > > To:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> > > Subject: Re: [ADS-L] The earth v. Earth
> > >
> > >
> > > Colleagues,
> > >
> > > You all turn out to be right after all; I'm
> > > really slow to catch on, and this time it wasn't
> > > dialect pronunciation. It took me several
> > > milliseconds to correctly (re)process "American
> > > mfrs."
> > >
> > > dInIs
> > >
> > > PS: Was it a joke in the fist place? Are there
> > > other exciting stories about abbreviation
> > > ambiguity out there?
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> > > >>
> > > >>Of course, I'm abstracting away from the fact that any noun or
> > > >>adjective in English can be made proper and, therefore, require
> > > >>capitalization, as is the case with Tarzan's son, Boy. OTOH, cf,
> > > >>German, in which every noun is capitalized. There's nothing intrinsic
> > > >>about this sort of thing.
> > > >>
> > > >>-Wilson
> > > >~~~~~~~~~~~
> >
> > > >The fastidious French, on the other hand, honor a proper noun by removin=
> > g
> > > >its capital when it has become so well-incorporated into French life tha=
> > t
> > > >it is recognized as a fully-fledged French word. American mfrs, with
> > > their
> > > >jealous & zealous protection of their precious brand names might be
> > > >comforted by adopting the French attitude when some miscreant uses, e.g.=
> > ,
> > > >"kleenex" w/out cap or =C5.
> > > >AM
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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