[78-L] FRENCH QUESTION

[Bertrand CHAUMELLE]

"Très zut" means nothing to me in French, Ray.

However, as Kristjan pointed out, there are several examples of its 
use, found thru Google, now and then.

BC
Le 2 nov. 11, à 10:32, Ray Kilcoyne a écrit :

> 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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