[78-L] Love On A Shoestring^

David Lennick dlennick at sympatico.ca
Thu Feb 26 21:21:13 PST 2009


Damn, can't find a way to turn Patrice Munsel's name into anything canine. 
Other than caninizing her.

dl

simmonssomer wrote:
> "Bite me over once...bite me over twice.."
> 
> Al Simmons
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <davdieh at aol.com>
> To: <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 11:28 PM
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Love On A Shoestring^
> 
> 
>>
>> Ja, Das Fledelaus!
>> David Diehl
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>>
>>
>> So, flying louse.
>>
>> dl
>>
>> Malcolm Rockwell wrote:
>>> It is.
>>> An uku is a flea, politely. Impolitely, it's a head louse.
>>> And lele means "to fly, jump, leap, hop, swing, bounce, or burst forth"
>>> among other things.
>>> So, "jumping flea" is not an incorrect translation.
>>> Lelele me ka 'oli'oli (Jumping for joy),
>>> M
>>>
>>> *******
>>>
>>> David Lennick wrote:
>>>> Now, how about pronouncing it? Is it "oo-koo-lay-lee" as Arthur Godfrey 
>>>> says?
>>>>
>>>> Hawaii, Hawaii, Hawaii.
>>>>
>>>> dl
>>>>
>>>> Malcolm Rockwell wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Sheesh. At least you guys are spelling it right! Although I've heard
>>>>> arguments that "ukelele" is also correct. But they're wrawng. So very
>>>>> wrawng.
>>>>> M
>>>>>
>>>>> *******
>>>>>
>>>>> David Lennick wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Michael Biel wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> RAY KILCOYNE wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> From: "David Lennick"
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Forwarding an inquiry from another list. Does anybody know if there 
>>>>>>>>> is
>>>>>>>>> indeed
>>>>>>>>> such a song, and particularly a recording of it that features a 
>>>>>>>>> ukulele?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> dl
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The Captain and Tennille did such a song in 1980.  I just listened 
>>>>>>>> to it
>> but
>>>>>>>> could hear no ukulele.
>>>>>>>> RayK
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Ah, but did you not hear a ukulele?  That could be different from
>>>>>>> hearing a "no ukulele".  A banjo is a no ukulele.  A trombone is a no
>>>>>>> ukulele.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Mike (we don't need no steenkin' ukulele) Biel   mbiel at mbiel.com
>>>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Why a ukulele? Why a no a bandura?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> dl
>>>>>>



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