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There are references to "little nifties from the fifties" and "sexy ladies
from the eighties who are indiscreet" in the song 42nd street from the 1933
musical of the same name.

Emily Weglian

On Apr 24 2007, lineone wrote:

>yes the naughty ninetys had occured to us too
>
>p g-b
>
>ps d**kheads - because (a) a lot of what is said this or that decade is
>said by such persons and (b) there used to be a french tv presenter
>antoine de caulnes who (deliberately?) mispronounced the word decade, so
>it seemed appropriate ;-)
>
>Paul Belford wrote:
>
>>Certainly the Naughty Nineties (1890s). I am sure that someone on radio
>>four was talking about the '60s (meaning the 1860s) the other day, but I
>>wasn't paying too much attention. I suspect it wasn't a personal
>>reminiscence but a quote - unless of course it was Jack Woolley in his
>>declining moments...
>>
>>Why d***heads?
>>
>>Paul
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>>>Archaeology [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
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>>>Subject: decade d**kheads
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>>>when, I wonder, did people start talking about the past in
>>>terms of decades? the 60s were this, the 70s were that etc.
>>>obviously cultural change does not conveniently fit such
>>>arbitrary divisions. Have seen reference to the "70s" (1870s)
>>>in a bok published c.a. 1947, so it goes back at least that far.
>>>
>>>p g-b
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