Rappin' and Stylin' Out

[Margaret Lee]

I am familiar with Kochman's book and have used it in my research on black language.
 
Margaret Lee

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--- On Sun, 7/26/09, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM> wrote:


From: Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Rappin' and Stylin' Out
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Date: Sunday, July 26, 2009, 2:53 PM


Still news to me.

Looked at that book decades ago.  Can't remember contents though.

JL

On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 1:11 AM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

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> Are people here familiar with this by-now-quite-old (1972) collection
> of articles and stories? Some of the stuff in it is quite interesting,
> such as the appearance of print of the expression, _that weapon_
> "female sexuality," probably in use for at least a century, by the
> '70's. When I discussed it here, I got the impression that it was news
> to the list, since nobody had any corrections or other comments.
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