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In reply to the discussion: Trump will form his own political party. [View all]Brother Mythos
(1,442 posts)39. I don't know anything about a Cajun connection ...
but the mispronunciation "Thoity Thoid and Thoid" goes back to, at least, the 1920s in New York City, from what I've read. (It's supposed to actually mean "33rd Street and Third Avenue," on the East Side of Manhattan.)
I, personally, remember hearing that mispronunciation used fairly often as a boy in the 1950s, when black and white movies of The Bowery Boys series were shown on TV. My memory also tells me that a number of comedy TV shows of the 1950s, and early 1960s, also used the New York version as a running gag.
I had no idea that Cajuns also have their own, very similar mispronunciation. Thanks for the information. I got a kick out of hearing about it.
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I know your teasing, but I sure would love it if he divides the Republican Party.
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Nov 2020
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