Comments on: Sukey jump http://www.word-detective.com/2009/10/sukey-jump/ Semper Ubi Sub Ubi Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:32:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Eric lerche http://www.word-detective.com/2009/10/sukey-jump/comment-page-1/#comment-34596 Eric lerche Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:35:55 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=2066#comment-34596 According to liner notes to 'Leadbelly sings for children' (SmithsionFolkeways (SFW CD 45047) by Jeff Place, Leadbelly started playing to Sukey Jumps in his teens and became to prefer the guitar on the cost of his 'windjammer'. According to liner notes to ‘Leadbelly sings for children’ (SmithsionFolkeways (SFW CD 45047) by Jeff Place, Leadbelly started playing to Sukey Jumps in his teens and became to prefer the guitar on the cost of his ‘windjammer’.

]]> By: Harold Kercher http://www.word-detective.com/2009/10/sukey-jump/comment-page-1/#comment-28268 Harold Kercher Wed, 14 Dec 2011 03:40:54 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=2066#comment-28268 I grew up on a dairy farm in Oregon. We would yell 'Sookie! Sookie! Sookie!' to call the cows in for milking. This was in the 1950's. Whether is was just a noise or a name, I can not attest to. I got the habit from my father who grew up on a farm in S. Dakota in the 1920's. Just a similar thread I thought I'd share. I grew up on a dairy farm in Oregon. We would yell ‘Sookie! Sookie! Sookie!’ to call the cows in for milking. This was in the 1950′s. Whether is was just a noise or a name, I can not attest to. I got the habit from my father who grew up on a farm in S. Dakota in the 1920′s. Just a similar thread I thought I’d share.

]]> By: ~ Sil in Corea http://www.word-detective.com/2009/10/sukey-jump/comment-page-1/#comment-3291 ~ Sil in Corea Sun, 15 Nov 2009 02:25:38 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=2066#comment-3291 I have Welsh friends who frequently use the word "chooks" to mean "chickens," and the term "chooky-boots" as an affectionate nickname. As I'm an old farm-gal, I visualized the boots that you leave outside the house after collecting the eggs, because their soles are smeared with fecal matter. (Ewwh!) Slightly off the topic, I know. My apologies! I have Welsh friends who frequently use the word “chooks” to mean “chickens,” and the term “chooky-boots” as an affectionate nickname. As I’m an old farm-gal, I visualized the boots that you leave outside the house after collecting the eggs, because their soles are smeared with fecal matter. (Ewwh!) Slightly off the topic, I know. My apologies!

]]> By: OwenKL http://www.word-detective.com/2009/10/sukey-jump/comment-page-1/#comment-3117 OwenKL Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:00:50 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=2066#comment-3117 Your article made me think of two things. Like you, I'd never heard of "sukey jump" before, but I recall "Aunt Sukey" being a name for a mule (Li'l Abner, I think, or Snuffy Smith, or maybe just some folksong). And the sound us urban kids used to enjoy shouting at the tops of our lungs, the hog-calling cry of "SUUU-EEEEE, pig-pig-pig". Your article made me think of two things. Like you, I’d never heard of “sukey jump” before, but I recall “Aunt Sukey” being a name for a mule (Li’l Abner, I think, or Snuffy Smith, or maybe just some folksong).

And the sound us urban kids used to enjoy shouting at the tops of our lungs, the hog-calling cry of “SUUU-EEEEE, pig-pig-pig”.

]]> By: words1 http://www.word-detective.com/2009/10/sukey-jump/comment-page-1/#comment-2349 words1 Tue, 11 Aug 2009 18:01:20 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=2066#comment-2349 You're right -- I should have thrown that in, but the column was already too long (for newspapers). Sookie and Sukey are forms of Susan, so they're unrelated to "sukey jump" as far as I know. I haven't read the books on which the HBO series is based, so maybe that Tara/Sookie inversion is a deliberate cultural reference. By the way, stay away from the Wikipedia page on Sookie Stackhouse -- it's full of spoilers. Bill is a schlub. I like Eric. And Lafayette, who seems to be regaining his flair. <p><img src="http://www.word-detective.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/eric-borthman-alexander-skarsgard.jpeg" alt="Eric" /></p> Best line of the season: Eric to small child: "Don't you <em>like</em> vampires, little girl?" You’re right — I should have thrown that in, but the column was already too long (for newspapers). Sookie and Sukey are forms of Susan, so they’re unrelated to “sukey jump” as far as I know. I haven’t read the books on which the HBO series is based, so maybe that Tara/Sookie inversion is a deliberate cultural reference.

By the way, stay away from the Wikipedia page on Sookie Stackhouse — it’s full of spoilers.

Bill is a schlub. I like Eric. And Lafayette, who seems to be regaining his flair.

Eric

Best line of the season: Eric to small child: “Don’t you like vampires, little girl?”

]]> By: Jenny http://www.word-detective.com/2009/10/sukey-jump/comment-page-1/#comment-2348 Jenny Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:21:52 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=2066#comment-2348 As I'm reading all the way through this, I can't wait for you to finish with a current pop-culture reference in HBO's True Blood: The lead character is named Sookie and her best friend is named Tara. Sookie is white and Tara is black. Tara makes a comment in the pilot episode about how cruel it is for a southern black girl to be named Tara, but no one ever mentions the irony of a pretty white girl being named Sookie, except that it's an unusual name. As I’m reading all the way through this, I can’t wait for you to finish with a current pop-culture reference in HBO’s True Blood: The lead character is named Sookie and her best friend is named Tara. Sookie is white and Tara is black. Tara makes a comment in the pilot episode about how cruel it is for a southern black girl to be named Tara, but no one ever mentions the irony of a pretty white girl being named Sookie, except that it’s an unusual name.

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