hippies

[Wilson Gray]

Fritz, I apologize for my clumsiness in stating my opinion. It's the
story that I don't believe. I do believe that events unfolded as you
have described them.

-Wilson

On 2/22/07, FRITZ JUENGLING <juengling_fritz at salkeiz.k12.or.us> wrote:
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> All I know is what she wrote.  Can't add anything at all.
> Fritz
>
> >>> hwgray at GMAIL.COM 2/21/2007 12:32 PM >>>
> I don't believe it. I was living in L.A., at the time, and such people
> hanging out on Sunset Boulevard were called "hippies" in the local
> Southland media without reference to Frisco and prior to the
> development of The Haight into a Mecca for the faithful.
>
> Besides, the story has no explanatory power. Why did the author and
> her friends apply a soubriquet that was originally jazz slang [at
> least, this correspondnt and his ace boon coons believed this to be
> the case at the time and wondered how and why this bit of BE slang
> came to be applied to white people; it took a while to become
> accustomed to the hearing the word in its new meaning] to the wannabes
> in the first place?
>
> -Wilson
>
> On 2/21/07, FRITZ JUENGLING <juengling_fritz at salkeiz.k12.or.us> wrote:
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> > Subject:      hippies
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> > Here is part of an email from a colleague introducing herself to the
> > staff:
> >
> >
> > After high school, I moved to San Francisco for a few years. Yes, it
> > was the 1960's and I  took up residence in The Haight - Ashbury
> > District. Here's a little tidbit that you may enjoy. The name
> "hippies"
> > was actually glommed on to by the press that used to visit the area
> all
> > the time. Us residents would watch all the young kids come into the
> > Haight all decked out in their jeans and beads and whatever they
> felt
> > would allow them to "fit in" to the scene. They often came in
> driving
> > their parents fancy cars or family station wagons. We used to refer
> to
> > them as "hippies" - now a days I guess we would have called them
> > "wannabes".  When the newspapers heard that name, it stuck to
> everyone -
> > including us! We all had a good laugh about it.
> >
> >
> >
> > Fritz J
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