hep (two, three, four)

[Joel S. Berson]

At 7/18/2010 01:14 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>Both forms antedate the jazz era, and both appear in the speech of whites.
>Not that that proves anything either.

They were just trying to pass.

>OTOH, that was probably the last time I heard anybody say "hep" in
>spontaneous speech.

Was the sergeant not spontaneous?

Joel

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