[Dixielandjazz] "Solid Gates" and "In Like Flynn"

[Stephen Barbone]

The USA Film title was "In Like Flint". As you say, very possibly the name was
changed for the UK because the phrase may have been meaningless there. But
perhaps not in Australia where Errol Flynn was born?

BTW: the source of the my original post about the phrase "In like Flynn" is a
"word/phrase tracer website from the UK. Doing a google search for words or
phrases provides a wealth of speculative information.

Cheers,
Steve

PLadd36932@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 11/01/03 20:55:15 GMT Standard Time,
> barbonestreet@earthlink.net writes:
>
> << 1967 a film, In Like Flint, a spy spoof
>  starring James Coburn, took its title by wordplay from the older
>  expression, >>
>
> Hi Steve
>
> That explanation looks a little unsafe as the title of the film was `Flint`
> NOT `In like Flint`.
> Unless the title was changed for the UK of course. That is not impossible as
> I for one have never heard the phrase `In like Flint` so perhaps it was not a
> well known phrase in this country at all.
>
> I am not at all sure there is an `explanation` for the emergence of certain
> words. They seem to just take on a life of there own. It is a mystery that a
> certain word either suddenly appears in use or changes its meaning. Who
> dreamed up `Flip your lid`,``Give me some skin`,` Sock it to me`.`Oh! you
> kid`, and how did `wicked` suddenly mean `good` and `cool` mean `approval`?.
> While on the subject, who was `Jackson`
>
> Cheers
>
> PatL