[Dixielandjazz] Re: Thanks to all you Gates!

[Jeanne Brei]

Oh, man, I love this list! Thanks for the websites to go check out -- and
thanks for the stories that went with the answers...I think my patter
between songs is going to get a lot more interesting!
Jeanne Brei
Tin Pan Alley Cat Entertainment
Las Vegas, NV
http://hometown.aol.com/jmbrei/myhomepage/resume.html

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Duncan" <tduncan@bellatlantic.net>
To: <Dixielandjazz@ml.islandnet.com>
Cc: <TinPanAlleyCat@lvcm.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 11, 2003 9:16 AM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] What does "Solid, Gates" mean, anyway?


> Jeanne Brei writes on Fri, 10 Jan 2003 23:48:23:
>
> >>Being fairly new to the list -- I don't know if you've already discussed
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> this thread -- but would it be possible to ask what "Solid, Gates," =
> means? Or where the slang came from? When listening to old Betty Hutton =
> novelty songs ("Murder, He Said" and others) or early Bing Crosby OKOM =
> jazz tunes -- you'll hear both of them use a lot of "jazzy" slang and =
> I'm really curious as to what it means...or where it came from...<<
>
> Jeanne, here is a link to a "Jive Dictionary . . .
> http://www.cabcalloway.cc/jive_dictionary.htm
>
> From that dictionary:
>
> Gate (n.) -- a male person (a salutation), abbr. for "gate-mouth." and
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> Solid (adj.) -- great, swell, okay
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> Regards,
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> Tom Duncan
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