Heard on the Today show: "whuppin'"

[Margaret Lee]

I think they more precisely have to do with where one's loyalties lie.  Sistahs believe that men will come and go throughout their lives, but sistahs (sister friends) will always be there through the good times as well as the bad times.

--Margaret Lee

--- On Tue, 10/28/08, Charles Doyle <cdoyle at UGA.EDU> wrote:

From: Charles Doyle <cdoyle at UGA.EDU>
Subject: Re: Heard on the Today show: "whuppin'"
To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Date: Tuesday, October 28, 2008, 3:22 PM

It means that, for men (even heterosexual men), the company of other men is
preferred--or is to be preferred--to the company of women. The conterpart saying
is "Sisters before misters" or, more commonly, "Chicks before
dicks."

--Charlie
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---- Original message ----
>Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 11:06:44 -0400
>From: Mark Mandel <thnidu at GMAIL.COM>
>Subject: Re: Heard on the Today show: "whuppin'"
>
>Veering off, what does the proverb mean?
>
>Mark Mandel
>
>
>On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 11:04 AM, Charles Doyle <cdoyle at uga.edu>
wrote:
>
>> Yes, definitely a lexified "nonstandard" pronunciation (cf.
"heist," etc.).  The pronunciation more strictly represented by the
spelling "whipping"--and perhaps the speling itself--would be
inappropriate in certain situations.
>>
>> By analogy: The proverb "Bros before hos" (sp?) cannot
reasonably be written (much less pronounced) as "Brothers before
whores"--by anybody!
>>
>> --Charlie

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