Recent article on CJ; "tolo" as regional English word

[Ros' Haruo]

Very interesting. We had a tolo when I was at Lake Washington High School
(1969-72). Don't recall the details (wasn't much of a dancer in high
school). Anybody know how this term made its semantic journey?

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>From: "David D. Robertson" <ddr11 at COLUMBIA.EDU>
>Reply-To: "David D. Robertson" <ddr11 at COLUMBIA.EDU>
>To: CHINOOK at LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG
>Subject: Recent article on CJ; "tolo" as regional English word
>Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2003 19:32:46 -0500
>
>http://www.wrvmuseum.org/journal/journal_0702.htm
>
>I was fascinated to read the mention of the Jargon word "tolo" having
>become the name of a "ladies' choice" dance in (sub)regional English!
>
>--Dave


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