On Sun, 2011-06-19 at 13:16 -0400, Genes MailLists wrote: > On 06/19/2011 01:09 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: > > On 06/19/2011 09:33 AM, Tim wrote: > >> On Sun, 2011-06-19 at 11:58 -0300, Fernando Cassia wrote: > >>> I thought ´cool´ was a 1980s thing (sorry, English is not my native > >>> language :) > >> > >> I always thought 1960s... Though I'm probably late, too. Any time I > >> here someone say "cool," I always think of The Fonz, from the Happy Days > >> tv series. ;-) > >> > > > > I'm not sure, but I think I remember it starting with the beatniks in > > the late '50s. > > It is periodic - it came back among gen y/z'ers long after whatever the > the original ancient version was ... its used much like 'sweet' (which > I'd guess was also used by ancients .. :-) ---- as a mostly ancient... I don't recall ever hearing 'sweet' until Napoleon Dynamite. Craig -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
