[Ads-l] _co-ed_: obsolete?

[Margaret Winters]

I had forgotten the song existed (learned from my parents), but YouTube has, after all, everything:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFwpabp3h3w

[https://www.bing.com/th?id=OVP.W3DwK_7F3FBeAaPdjDMLHwFADw&pid=Api]<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFwpabp3h3w>

"Betty Co-Ed" (Rudy Vallee, 1931)<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFwpabp3h3w>
www.youtube.com
Betty Boop's inspiration? There's some connection (see note below) but the flapper-fatale and the poodle-girl soon parted cartoon company. This rah-rah romance is up ...

Margaret


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MARGARET E WINTERS
Former Provost
Professor Emerita - French and Linguistics
Wayne State University
Detroit, MI  48202

mewinters at wayne.edu



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From: American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU> on behalf of Wilson Gray <hwgray at GMAIL.COM>
Sent: Friday, April 20, 2018 9:06 PM
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Subject: Re: _co-ed_: obsolete?

Probably the only thing keeping it alive is the custom of playing Betty
Co-ed and Mr. Touchdown, U.S.A. during the college-football season.

On Fri, Apr 20, 2018 at 5:13 PM, Dennis During <dcduring at gmail.com> wrote:

> "co-ed"
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> Now dated, soon to be (or already?) archaic.
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> It could easily become obsolete by mid century
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> Dennis C. During
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