Date:  Wed, 19 Apr 1995 11:30:59 -0700

From:  Peter McGraw <pmcgraw[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]CALVIN.LINFIELD.EDU>

Subject: Re: [p*tut]



Larry,



Are you sure you remember this right? I remember only "You bet your

sweet bippie" on Laugh-In, whereas I think I remember hearing a song once

long ago (pre-Laugh-In) called "Sweet Patootie Pie," which clearly

referred to the dessert sweet potato pie.



Peter McGraw

Linfield College

McMinnville, OR





On Wed, 19 Apr 1995, Larry Horn wrote:



> I've never heard 'patoot', but I'm quite familiar with its diminutive, which is

> usually found in the context of "You bet your sweet patootie." (I somehow

> associate this with the late 60's TV show Laugh-In.) I always assumed the

> patootie is, in fact, the human hindquarters, but I'm unsure on the derivation.

> It does not seem likely to be an ablaut variant of '[sweet] potato'.

>

> Larry

>