[Ads-l] Tea, and more

[Ben Zimmer]

The Feb. 1977 issue is also on Internet Archive:

https://archive.org/details/right-on-v-06n-04-1977-02.-laufer-d-m/page/n19/mode/2up

The column "And That's the 'T'" begins: "As I look back on the year 1976
and the Soul Train show, I have witnessed and been a part of many things. I
have had some great times on the show and in this article I would like to
share with you some of the 'T' I have been a part of and some of the
personalities I have been involved with."

On Mon, Jul 1, 2024 at 1:45 AM Bill Mullins <amcombill at hotmail.com> wrote:

> The Feb. 1977 issue of "Right On!" is for sale on ebay:
> https://www.ebay.com/itm/355709881559
>
> And the Table of Contents is pictured.  One of the features is listed:
>
> "And That's The 'T'":  Soul Train Column  . . . . . . .22
>
> It also can be found in the Mar, Jun and Nov 1977 issues.
>
> ________________________________
> From: Bill Mullins <amcombill at hotmail.com>
> Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2024 8:48 PM
> To: American Dialect Society <ads-l at listserv.uga.edu>
> Subject: Tea, and more
>
> There's a book about the TV show "Soul Train" called "The Hippest Trip in
> America" by Nelson George (found on archive.org).  It says, in reference
> to the black-targeted magazine "Right On!", "To emphasize this connection
> between the show and the magazine, dancers would often be hired to write
> for Right On! For a time in the 1970s, popular dancer Little Joe Chism
> wrote a column called "And That's the Tea," “tea” being LA slang at the
> time for gossip, which mostly related happenings at Hollywood parties."
>
> Joe Chism was gay, FWIW.
>
>

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