[78-L] FRENCH QUESTION

[yves francois]

Bonjour
My mother always says that!!! It is something like oh darn - except it is acceptable in polite company unlike certain other phrases - 
a bientot
Yves

--- On Wed, 11/2/11, Ray Kilcoyne <kil at roadrunner.com> wrote:

> From: Ray Kilcoyne <kil at roadrunner.com>
> Subject: Re: [78-L] FRENCH QUESTION
> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Date: Wednesday, November 2, 2011, 4:32 AM
> Thanks to everyone for their
> suggestions.  I was waiting for Bertrand or 
> Patrick to chime in, but no luck.  It looks like the
> most likely answer is 
> that "très zut!" is half French and half English, as in
> zoot, with a meaning 
> of awesome, cool, nice.  I had never heard zoot used
> that way but there is 
> some evidence that it was, back in the 40's.
> RayK
> >
> 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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