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

[Peter Webster]

And, in the old days, there was a certain "Tolo Tavern" down by Medford OR
where I drank a few flat beers...Tolo is a junction point between the
S.P.R.R., and the local r.r. that serves the White City industrial area
north of Medford.


on 4/7/03 3:37 PM, Tony Johnson at Tony.Johnson at GRANDRONDE.ORG wrote:

> Nayka shiks,
>
> For what it is worth, I too am aware of tolos from my younger days in SW
> Washington.  "Tulu" (as we write and say it in Grand Ronde) also can mean to
> "earn."  As in "tulu-tala" = "earn money."
>
> LaXayEm--Tony A. Johnson
> sawash-ili7i
> (Grand Ronde, OR)
>
>>>> "David D. Robertson" <ddr11 at COLUMBIA.EDU> 04/04/03 08:30AM >>>
> Liland,
>
> Thanks very much for your confirmation of "tolo" as a regional English
> item.  I wonder whether the OED will have an interest in including it.
> (Alan?)
>
> It certainly is interesting to speculate on how "tolo" meaning "win"
> or "beat (at a game)" came to be the name of a dance.  One has a rough idea
> that this is a "Sadie Hawkins" or "owl" dance -- is that the right term? --
> where the women have beaten the men at their own game.  Poker also comes to
> mind, particularly the rule that some people follow that says the winner of
> a hand gets to "call" the next game.
>
> --Dave
>
> On Fri, 4 Apr 2003 01:56:45 +0000, Ros' Haruo <lilandbr at HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:
>
>> 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?