[Dixielandjazz] Re: Happy Every Day -- and the Holy-daze, too

[Don Ingle]

Lads:
In 1951 my dad, Red Ingle, did a theater tour of UK, but because of the
British musician's union feud with American union, he could not take his
full band. So he had his pianist, bass player and gal singer, the rest of
his music provided by British pit bands.
His bass man, Hank Wayland (who was on the Berigan records including I Can't
Get Started) had a very funny face and did schtick as part of the act. He
used to do these "dumb sayings" at times. One he used was "I didn't know my
best gal smoked 'til she grabbed my butt." It laid a big egg the first show
at one theater.
The stage manager, who'd spent time in the states, suggested a change, since
he knew the difference between Yank and Brit terms could be quite opposite.
He told Hank to try this instead the next show. He did and it brought the
house down. The new version -- " I didn't know my best gal smoked 'til she
pinched my end."
English thus spaketh!
Don Ingle
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ivor Jones" <banjones@oninet.pt>
To: "Bill Gunter" <jazzboard@hotmail.com>
Cc: "DJML" <dixielandjazz@ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Monday, December 30, 2002 4:24 AM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Re: Happy Every Day -- and the Holy-daze, too


>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bill Gunter" <jazzboard@hotmail.com>
>
> >
> > FOOTBALL
> > (Brit) a game with a round ball played in your
> knickers................wrong, see below
> > (Yank) a game with an oblong ball played with heavy padding and helmets
> >
> > KNICKERS
> > (Brit) underwear.......only ladies.
> > (Yank) trousers which buckle at the knee often worn by golfers
> >
> > KNOCK UP
> > (Brit) call someone on the telephone...........This is completely wrong
!
> .
> > (Yank) Impregnate a close friend (at least at the time)
>
> Aside. There is another meaning in England of the above expression..Some
45
> years ago when I was at Wembley practising for the World Table Tennis
> Championships, the American team showed (but of course they played
> 'PING-PONG') and I politely asked a very tasty America lady, Sharon
Koehnke,
> if she would like a 'knock up' , meaning practice, whereupon Marty
Riesman,
> a male member of the team, offered to re-arrange my features. I thought at
> the time that this was jealousy ...the real reason was explained later.
>
> >
> > SORRY
> > (Brit) a word to use when you accidentally bump into someone
> > (Yank) a feeling of regret when you find you've actually hurt someone
> >
> My dear William most of your list is a load of old COBBLERS, this is
Cockney
> rhyming-slang (cobbler's awls). .
>
> A few more differences
>
> Hockey is played mostly by girls in England, Rounders...you call it
> Baseball, is only played by girls.....Rugby, which more or less is what
you
> call football, is played by men with funny shaped balls, and is in most
> countries played without any significant padding while in America 'played
> with heavy padding and helmets' ... and painted faces, make-up, or
> cosmetics....take your pick. What do you think this all means?
>
> No offence intended, and in the best possible taste.
>
> Ivor Jones
> >
>
>
>
>
>
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