Huey's prominence

Jonathan H. Gray jongraywb at hotmail.com
Tue Aug 1 17:01:18 CEST 2006


>From: Bob Peterson <bobp at contracorner.com>
>To: dcml at nafsk.se
>Subject: Re: Huey's prominence
>Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2006 06:23:15 -0400
>
>That's a new one on this American, but I don't discount it.  It might
>have been a regionalism.  I've only ever heard it used as a reference
>to cussing.  In that, "blue" is a metaphor for using vulgar
>language.  It is also the color 
>usehttp://by111fd.bay111.hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/compose?type=ra&msg=95205D80-DCB2-4B6E-9E79-ABC5B40A0033&start=0&len=3921&curmbox=00000000%2d0000%2d0000%2d0000%2d000000000001&a=1c9b76004ecf310985f48289b62aea0464996637d219fb5828677404991a2564#
Sendd when cussing so foully as to
>"turn the air blue."
>

Heehee. A certain relative used to used it when a certain kid would try to 
run away from a whooping. Of course I have no idea WHO that certain kid was. 
Heeheehee. ^^;;

Another thing, theres also a rather lame movie by the same name with Chris 
Tucker and....someone else whom I have suddenly forgotten? I dunno its been 
years.

Jonathan H. Gray




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