Dear all,
could anybody help a colleague of mine who is looking for the origin of the
word 'hip hop'?
his original message says;
>is it an allusion to "hip" (fleshy part of
>either side of the human body above the legs) or to "hip"(s)
>(interested in the latest fashions in behaviour, music,
>entertainment,etc) and "hop" (act of hopping, jumping"?
Thanks for your help!
Fanny
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Fanny MEUNIER
Chargé de cours
Département de Langues et Littératures Germaniques
Université Catholique de Louvain
1, Place Blaise Pascal
B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve
Belgium
tel: +32 10 474974 (Linguistique)/ +32 10 478572 (Didactique)
fax: +32 10 474942
http://www.fltr.ucl.ac.be/FLTR/GERM/ETAN/CECL/cecl.html
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