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[Dan Goncharoff]

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DanG

On Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at 9:37 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
wrote:

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> That was Paul Johnston, not me.  I've never heard anyone use "What's your
> story?" as a greeting.
>
> However, back in the '70s there was a frequently aired TV commercial for a
> local merchant (perhaps of electronics) whose pitchman was a burly
> construction-worker type in a hard hat. The commercials would begin with a
> chorus of strongly accented N'Yawkers inquiring, "Hey, Charlie! What's the
> story???"
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> Charlie would give his spiel about low prices, always ending with "And
> that's the story!"
>
> More recently, UrbanD (2003) informs us that "What's the story[?]" is
> "Irish slang for 'Hello'."
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> Cf. "What's buzzin', cousin?"  In 1973 I heard, "What's the latest and the
> greatest?"
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> Whatever its origin, the phrase  "What's you story, morning glory?' was
> popularized by the tune of that name, by Paul Webster & M. L. Williams,
> crt. Oct. 27, 1938.
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> JL
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> On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 10:46 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > On Tue, Apr 21, 2015 at 7:58 AM, Jonathan Lighter <
> wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
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> > > His usual greeting to people was "What's your story?"
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> >
> > "What's your story, morning glory?" has probably around since the '20's.
> My
> > mother was familiar with it and it can still be heard, today. OTOH,
> simple
> > "What's your story?" is a new one on me.
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