http://www.word-detective.com/2010/10/toddling/ Semper Ubi Sub Ubi Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:32:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.word-detective.com/2010/10/toddling/comment-page-1/#comment-27510 scott anderson Wed, 23 Nov 2011 19:52:30 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=3961#comment-27510 I was also curious about the origins of "that toddlin' town"; came across your website, but still no luck. Then I recalled hearing somewhere that the "toodle-oo" in "East St. Louis Toodle-oo" was once pronounced something more like, "toddle -o". I found this site/page: http://www.jstor.org/3448348?seq=1 It seems to shed some more light if you don't mind wading through the scholarly verbiage. Looks like " toddlin' "could be a sensual dance/tottering walk/approach to life. I was also curious about the origins of “that toddlin’ town”; came across your website, but still no luck. Then I recalled hearing somewhere that the “toodle-oo” in “East St. Louis Toodle-oo” was once pronounced something more like, “toddle -o”. I found this site/page: http://www.jstor.org/3448348?seq=1
It seems to shed some more light if you don’t mind wading through the scholarly verbiage. Looks like ” toddlin’ “could be a sensual dance/tottering walk/approach to life.

]]> http://www.word-detective.com/2010/10/toddling/comment-page-1/#comment-20053 Denise Rose Thu, 30 Jun 2011 07:49:46 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=3961#comment-20053 Wasnt "The Toddle" a dance of the 20s ? I thought that's what the word means in the song lyric ! Wasnt “The Toddle” a dance of the 20s ? I thought that’s what the word means in the song lyric !

]]> http://www.word-detective.com/2010/10/toddling/comment-page-1/#comment-8851 Geoffrey Sat, 20 Nov 2010 00:57:36 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=3961#comment-8851 I always assumed the lyric "toddlin'" in "Chicago, Chicago" published by Fred Fisher in 1922 was used to infer the term strut, a pompous, self-important gait, meaning Chicago was "It" in the Clara Bow-Elinor Glyn, Roaring 20s sense of the word. The Darktown Strutters Ball and Stomping At The Savoy also come to mind as describing happening, lively places full of action and movement, rather than being quiet, dull or sedate. I always assumed the lyric “toddlin’” in “Chicago, Chicago” published by Fred Fisher in 1922 was used to infer the term strut, a pompous, self-important gait, meaning Chicago was “It” in the Clara Bow-Elinor Glyn, Roaring 20s sense of the word. The Darktown Strutters Ball and Stomping At The Savoy also come to mind as describing happening, lively places full of action and movement, rather than being quiet, dull or sedate.

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