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johnfowles · 01-21-2004, 05:08 PM

quote:Originally posted by Borderstone:
The most recent thing I found about "Pee Wee" Charles on most websites is that he appeared on "A Painter Passing Through." Sorry folks!

Well "B" that may be so but on his site there are details of an album Pee Wee made after 9/11/2001.
And I just happenned to be reading the local TV guide to check on tonight's stimulating offerings and
found that "peewee" was used in a description of one film.
I had previously never thought about what it meant or its derivation so I looked it up on http://www.dictionary.com which says
"One, such as a child, that is relatively or unusually small.
[Probably reduplication of wee.]"
Funny surely that would be wee wee or is that something entirely different??
Or does reduplication mean "taking the piss?"

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01-21-2004, 05:08 PM	#8
johnfowles Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: New Jersey U.S.A. ex UK and Canada Posts: 4,846	quote:Originally posted by Borderstone: The most recent thing I found about "Pee Wee" Charles on most websites is that he appeared on "A Painter Passing Through." Sorry folks! Well "B" that may be so but on his site there are details of an album Pee Wee made after 9/11/2001. And I just happenned to be reading the local TV guide to check on tonight's stimulating offerings and found that "peewee" was used in a description of one film. I had previously never thought about what it meant or its derivation so I looked it up on http://www.dictionary.com which says "One, such as a child, that is relatively or unusually small. [Probably reduplication of wee.]" Funny surely that would be wee wee or is that something entirely different?? Or does reduplication mean "taking the piss?" ------------------ My Gordon Lightfoot webring starts at http://www.johnfowles.org.uk/lightfoot [This message has been edited by johnfowles (edited January 21, 2004).]