herikan [sp?]

[Victor Steinbok]

> I took my loved one over cross the tracks
> So she can hear my man await a sax,
> I must admit the have a rockin' band,
> Man they were going like a hurricane
> That's why I go for that
> Rock and Roll music .....


On 6/6/2010 8:38 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:
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> The phrase, "like a hurricane" [hErI.k&n], occurs in a song by Chuck
> Berry. Unfortunately, Neil Young has written - or should that be,
> "wrote"? - a song with the title, Like A Hurricane, which comes up
> whether I try "hurricane," "herrican," "herikan," etc. No doubt the
> title of the Berry song will eventually return to me. IAC, "h[E]rikan"
> is a common BE pronunciation of _hurricane_, just as [hErI] for
> "hurry" is so common that it was once likewise common in the speech of
> your humble correspondent.
>
> (Jon, you go, boy!)
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> -Wilson
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> On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 5:30 PM, Jonathan Lighter<wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>  wrote:
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>> In my experience, a "hurricane" is a wooded area that's been flattened by a
>> hurricane or a tornado.
>> JL
>> On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 5:22 PM, Michael Sheehan<wordmall at aol.com>  wrote:
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>>> Inquiry from a local teacher:  "In conversation on several occasions
>>> the term =93herikan=94 (not sure how to spell it) came up. It=92s evident=
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>> ly
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>>> a hillbilly type term meaning way out in the country. Perhaps it=92s
>>> similar to boondocks?  Do you have any resources that might lead to
>>> its origin?
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>>> Michael J. Sheehan
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