tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3619321320076553248.comments2024-03-04T05:43:25.791-05:00Yer Sweet ChimneysBJKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17661848156141924913noreply@blogger.comBlogger416125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3619321320076553248.post-16647294457098532152023-10-24T15:09:15.062-04:002023-10-24T15:09:15.062-04:00The photo is still here.The photo is still here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3619321320076553248.post-1747617450069263882023-08-06T22:25:06.735-04:002023-08-06T22:25:06.735-04:00The origin of "How's tricks?" as equ...The origin of "How's tricks?" as equivalent to "How's things" does not preclude the later usage of the phrase as vulgar slang connected to prostitution. How's trixie is much later.<br />Early cinema may have reflected popular usage but sometimes promoted an idea of "proper" standards. Postwar cinema and TV has promoted "cool" phrases and vulgar ones. Phrases I did not hear as a child and that I think were unacceptable to many of the prewar generation have become commonplace.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3619321320076553248.post-55838396164534552452023-02-18T02:20:40.136-05:002023-02-18T02:20:40.136-05:00An Anonymous poster a number of years ago wrote: &...An Anonymous poster a number of years ago wrote: "My first exposure to the term was on the Jackie Gleason TV show, when the side-kick character, Ed Norton, would greet the main character, Ralph Kramden. Ed would ask Ralph, "How's Trix?" Trixie was the name of the wife of Ralph Kramden on the show."<br /><br />This reflects the writer's lack of knowledge of both the Honeymooners and Ed Norton's style of humor. Trixie was Norton's wife, not Ralph's; Alice was married to Ralph. And it was obvious to the most casual observer that Norton would jokingly say "How's tricks" as a play on the usual greeting (which had already been in common usage for a couple of decades) and his wife's name.Bobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3619321320076553248.post-42944195456017323462022-10-21T21:20:43.607-04:002022-10-21T21:20:43.607-04:00Goood readingGoood readingOrlando Permit Applicationhttps://www.permit-experts.com/us/florida-permits/orlando-permit-application.shtmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3619321320076553248.post-54310211215630779312022-09-19T15:51:55.289-04:002022-09-19T15:51:55.289-04:00I am studying a series of postcards dating from 19...I am studying a series of postcards dating from 1908-1915, and have seen the greeting several times: "How's tricks?" from one young adult writer to another. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3619321320076553248.post-44857543805927153522022-07-01T09:22:12.350-04:002022-07-01T09:22:12.350-04:00Interestting readInterestting readJames Robleshttps://www.jamesrobles.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3619321320076553248.post-24529460810020162992022-03-03T13:16:58.531-05:002022-03-03T13:16:58.531-05:00Casinos Near Me - Best Casino Near Me - Mapyro
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The phrase was coined by prostitutes for sure even if it didn't start there. But that doesn't make it a vulgar phrase in any way as it seems to go back beyond that, I think that was just another usage that was mixed in along the way. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3619321320076553248.post-53694038264359432422020-09-17T18:10:38.828-04:002020-09-17T18:10:38.828-04:00“How’s TRIX” is the correct spelling. i’m sure at ...“How’s TRIX” is the correct spelling. i’m sure at some point it was TRICKS, but whatever, i saw this phrase growing up in Archie comic books and that’s how they spelled it in there too. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3619321320076553248.post-40962818366486141012020-07-16T21:05:08.350-04:002020-07-16T21:05:08.350-04:00Back in the 1980s, I heard this as a friendly gree...Back in the 1980s, I heard this as a friendly greeting among gay men, sorta asking, "Hey, you gettin' laid lately?" But mostly just meaning, "Hey, how's life?"Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05178409862111806062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3619321320076553248.post-2637032536066544562020-05-16T19:48:23.431-04:002020-05-16T19:48:23.431-04:00I love this! Better belated than never, right?I love this! Better belated than never, right?Meryl Danzigerhttp://www.meryldanziger.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3619321320076553248.post-31883985101751880502019-10-31T13:06:04.288-04:002019-10-31T13:06:04.288-04:00I'm 47 and have been using this phrase for as ...I'm 47 and have been using this phrase for as long as I can remember. Surely picked it up from Ralph and Ed, or other classic tv/film characters when I was a kid, although my parents might also have said it on occasion. It still sounds cool to me, and I have yet to hear anyone else using it. Senior citizens chuckle when I ask them, and everyone else just makes a screw face. We already agree that language is malleable, and word usage easily changes with the times, right? That's why bad is good, sick is awesome, and dope is cool. As for pimp speak, clearly y'all have not seen the film Dolemite (1975). A pimp asks a high class working girl "How's tricks?" "Couldn't be better," she replies. Undoubtedly this was meant to crack up the audience...the film's star was a well known comedian. My guess is that the convenient double meaning was already in use before it hit the big screen. By the way, Eddie Murphy has remade Dolemite. It's on Netflix now, so let's see if that line was left in!Brendanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3619321320076553248.post-34058002590347339732019-03-24T05:30:12.817-04:002019-03-24T05:30:12.817-04:00The etymology of the phrase is obviously in disput...The etymology of the phrase is obviously in dispute. It's unfair to tell others they are wrong, especially due to the fact that there is no physical proof of the origin. There's nothing wrong with disagreeing, but it's clear there is no single, authoritative answer.<br /><br />As far as the sexual connotation is concerned, that's in the eye of the beholder. Some folks, understandably, might interpret the phrase such that it feels sexually related, regardless of the originator's intent. Personally, it always made me think of prostitutes when it was used, so it's not that much of a stretch for some to think it's an inquiry such as "how's your love life?"<br /><br />The debate is fun, though. I'm no closer to understanding the true etymology of the phrase, but between the article, which is very well written, and the comments, I know a lot more about it than I did before. Maybe one day the time machine will finally get invented and we can go back and track down the true origins of the word.kyle.ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03720063308885921415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3619321320076553248.post-76529461658974912322018-05-28T21:59:32.822-04:002018-05-28T21:59:32.822-04:00I don't know the origin of this phrase, but I ...I don't know the origin of this phrase, but I found a song called, "How's Trix?" recorded by George Shearing from 1950.<br />https://www.discogs.com/George-Shearing-Quintet-Hows-Trix-Strolling/release/7771607<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfYAO9JZDVoMike Anoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3619321320076553248.post-15466961601139204002018-04-20T10:01:11.544-04:002018-04-20T10:01:11.544-04:00My Polish and Ukrainian ancestors settled in NEPA,...My Polish and Ukrainian ancestors settled in NEPA, specifically the Nanticoke area. 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