forty-eleven

[Wilson Gray]

Me musseff, I'd go with "fawtih-lebm," eye-dialect-wise. I don't know
much about what's happening in the 'hood, nowadays, but 40-11 was
still alive and kicking in my lost youth. Indeed, there was even an
R&B song with the title, "40-11 & 44." The title refers to 40-11-44,
the "housemaids' number," supposedly the combo most likely  to hit,
when playing the numbers.

-Wilson

On 1/18/07, Bethany K. Dumas <dumasb at utkux.utcc.utk.edu> wrote:
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> You mean forty-leben, don't you?
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> Bethany
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