[78-L] FRENCH QUESTION

[Harold Aherne]

«Très» means "very". The correct spelling of the other word, as Bud Black suggested, is
probably "zoot", meaning "awesome", "cool", etc. 
 
«Zut» means "damn it", as in «Zut alors!».
 
-HA 

--- On Mon, 10/31/11, Ray Kilcoyne <kil at roadrunner.com> wrote:


From: Ray Kilcoyne <kil at roadrunner.com>
Subject: [78-L] FRENCH QUESTION
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Date: Monday, October 31, 2011, 5:34 PM


In the Bing Crosby/Judy Garland recording of CONNECTICUT Bing interjects the phrase “très zut”.  Can anyone tell me what exactly is the meaning?  I believe it dates from around 1945.  Here it is in context......

Italy.... was fun to see,
And really gave me quite a boot!
Had a spree in gay Paree,
Those mademoiselles were mighty cute, très zut!

The song can be heard on YouTube.
RayK
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