"sleep tight"

[Jonathan Lighter]

James Edward Grant (via John Wayne) _The Alamo_ (1960): "I'm gonna tell you
something, Flaca, and I want you to listen tight."

Here it = 'real, real closely'

I don't believe I've ever encountered "listen tight" elsewhere.

JL

On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 7:28 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 4:21 PM, Jonathan Lighter
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> > Fast  "asleep."
>
> Precisely my point! Joh, you understand! :-)
>
> Just heard Colbert say,
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> "The name of this movie is _called_ ['Whatever']."
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> So, he really *is* a son of the South!:-)
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