[Ads-l] No = 'yes; truly'

[Jonathan Lighter]

On Mon, Mar 12, 2018 at 2:17 PM Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

> Is he saying "aeroplane" and not "airplane," in 1959?!
>
> Did anybody else catch the reference to the Clyde Beatty Circus? That also
> surprised me. That was the circus that came to town in Marshall, Texas -
> where _aeroplane_ was pronounced "arra-plan" - when I was but a tad. The
> circus train passed within a half-block of the family manse and its passage
> was a major cultural event in the colored part of town.
>
> On Mon, Mar 12, 2018 at 8:17 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Am starting to feel from the depths of memory that this use of "No!" has
> > long been common among standup comedians, though I can't prove it with
> exx.
> > and don't know why it should be so.
> >
> > Well, here's one example:
> >
> > INSULT COMIC:  I'd love to beat Oprah. I know her *weakness.*
> >
> > AUDIENCE:  [Cheers].
> >
> > COMIC:  No, no. I know her weakness.
> >
> > JL
> >
> > JL
> >
> > On Mon, Mar 5, 2018 at 2:31 PM, Jim Parish <jparish at siue.edu> wrote:
> >
> > > And Taylor.
> > >
> > > Jim Parish
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On 3/5/2018 1:03 PM, W Brewer wrote:
> > >
> > >> Seems like FDR turned out to be president-for-life. Oh, yeah, Lincoln,
> > >> too;
> > >> Garfield, McKinley, JFK; Harrison & Harding.
> > >>
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