Some London slang terms - origins? (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

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Does "yute" mean "youth"? as in a teen-age male?

If so, this term was a point of confusion in the 1992 movie "My Cousin
Vinny", in which a southern judge (Fred Gwynne) had trouble with the
speech of a NY lawyer (Joe Pesci).  Pesci said "youth", Gwynne heard it
as "yute", and hilarity ensued.

> >
> > A friend, Paul Kerswill, has asked me to cross-post the following
query
> > here.  I've told him about the thread here on 'mommanem' some years
ago, as
> > 'mandem' in his list reminded me of it.  If anyone can help Paul,
please
> > copy both him and the list in on your replies.  Paul's e-mail is
> >
> > p.kerswill at lancaster.ac.uk
> >
> > and he's copied in here too.
> >
> > "LONDON TEENAGE SLANG: Does anyone know the *origins* of: olders,
bare,
> > safe, blud/blad, bruv, yute, rude, boy, ends, mandem, boys dem,
still,
> > sweet?
> >
>
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