[78-L] FRENCH QUESTION

[Tom]

It's a nonsense phrase that doesn't mean anything. The word "tres" means very in French, while the word
"zut" means something close to heck or dang.
 
My take is they were just looking for a word that was French that rhymed with cute and zut was the
first word that came up. Oh well, it's better than having used the word pute which means something
else entirely.
 
Tom
 


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From: Ray Kilcoyne <kil at roadrunner.com>
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Sent: Monday, October 31, 2011 6:34 PM
Subject: [78-L] FRENCH QUESTION

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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