Heard on the Today show: "whuppin'"

[Mark Mandel]

Ah. Thank you.

On 10/29/08, Margaret Lee <mlee303 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I think=A0they=A0more precisely have to do with where one's loyalties lie.=
> =A0 Sistahs believe that men will come and go throughout their lives, but s=
> istahs (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 s=
> aying
> is "Sisters before misters" or, more commonly, "Chicks before
> dicks."
>
> --Charlie
> _____________________________________________________________
>
> ---- 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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