[78-L] Blue

[Steven C. Barr]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
> "Blue" means off color. "Blue pencil" means censor. It also means edit. 
> Which
> context came first..anyone know?
>
> Not off topic..English comic Jack "Blue Pencil" Warner made 78s (I think 
> he
> even used the term on them, when referring to something he wasn't going to 
> be
> allowed to say).
>
Interesting! The original meaning of "blue" was "sad, despondent..." and 
that
goes back several centuries. Obviously "blue pencil" could refer to a 
LITERAL
blue pencil, used to cross out material in scripts deemed too risque for the
public; OTOH "blue pencil" could refer to "blue" content being marked out?!

Has anyone asked David Diehl...he of the "Blue Pages?!"

...stevenc