Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site bmcg.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!harvard!talcott!panda!genrad!decvax!ittvax!dcdwest!sdcsvax!bmcg!yrdbrd From: yrdbrd@bmcg.UUCP (Larry J. Huntley) Newsgroups: net.jokes Subject: Re: Want Info. on Jive Talk Message-ID: <1694@bmcg.UUCP> Date: Wed, 29-May-85 15:11:34 EDT Article-I.D.: bmcg.1694 Posted: Wed May 29 15:11:34 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 1-Jun-85 14:29:20 EDT References: <8000004@prism.UUCP> Reply-To: yrdbrd@bmcg.UUCP (Larry J. Huntley) Organization: Burroughs Corp. ASG, San Diego, CA. Lines: 26 In article <8000004@prism.UUCP> dan@prism.UUCP writes: > > Do you, or does anyone you know, talk "jive?" I'm interested in >finding out about the lingo and compiling a collection of "jive talk" >words and phrases and their translations. (For those who don't know, >jive is a slang spoken by some American Blacks; e.g. "honkey" = >"white person.") > > I'd appreciate anything that anyone can contribute on the subject, > {more text} > > Thanks a lot. > >--------------------- > Dan Solis {mit-eddie, ihnp4!inmet, wjh12, cca} !mirror!dan Have you tried Barbara Billingsley? I understand that she speaks jive. 'brd -- Larry J. Huntley Burroughs -(B)- Corporation Advanced Systems Group MS-703 10850 Via Frontera San Diego, CA 92128 (619) 485-4544 -*- "Dear Friends, It's 'ORGAN LEROY' at his organ again." -*-