Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: Groovy, Man, Groovy (60's language)

Sometime ago  (I think it was Isabelle) asked me to post a list of terms that
were popular in the 60's.  I finally found the poem (even better than a list)
and here it is. You probably don't know that Arianna is a former hippy and in
1967 at the height of the hippy movement lived in San Francisco.  Most of you
were nothing but an egg ( not even a sperm) at that time or, if you were
born, you were probably very young.  Fortunately I was a teenager and have a
very clear recollection of those days.	Man!!!! Did you miss out! The "summer
of love" (summer of 1967) was a unique experience that only a fortunate few
were privileged enough to witness.  OK, enough of that!!!!! I am starting to
get sentimental.  The poem is very long, so I'll post it in sections.
GROOVY, MAN GROOVY
Remember when hippy meant big in the hips,
And a trip involved travel in cars, planes and ships?
When pot was a vessel for cooking things in
And hooked was what grandmother's rug might have been?
And be-in meant merely existing somewhere?
When neat meant well-organized, tidy and clean,
And grass was a ground cover, normally green?
When lights and not people were switched on and off
and the Pill might have been what you took for a cough?
When camp meant to quarter outdoors in a tent,
And pop was what the weasel went?
When groovy meant furrowed with channels and hollows
And birds were wing'd creatures, like robins and swallows?
When fuzz was a substance, real fluffy like lint,
and bread (1) came from bakeries and not from the mint?
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the rest tomorrow
Bye
Arianna
(1) Isa, you asked me once what "bread" meant.  Can you figure it out now?
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 Sometime ago  (I think it was Isabelle) asked me to post a list of terms that
RATS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I omitted three words.
Sometime ago **one of you** (I think it was Isabelle) asked me......
Sorry!!!  I just can't do anything right!
ciao
Arianna
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(1) Isa, you asked me once what "bread" meant.  Can you figure it out now?
Not yet, darling, but as they say, spes ultima dea. Don't tell me!
I will peruse the whole poem once you've posted it in its entirety, in the
hope my three leftover brain cells will help me reconstruct analogies and
understand as much as possible... as you say, I wasn't even born during "the
summer of love" (cheeky grin) and the '60s actually happened by the mid '70s
in Italy, so I'll do what I can...
Love
Isa

 Not yet, darling, but as they say, spes ultima dea. Don't tell me!
The last line implies that  bread comes now from the mint.  Just think of
what comes from the mint.  To my knowledge, mints only produce	(actually,
there is another verb which I can't give you) one "item".  What?
Ciao
Arianna
PS: the rest later
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there is another verb which I can't give you) one "item".  What?
Ari, a mint to me is a fresh-tasting, somehow sharp-flavoured herb or candy.
No wonder I can't make a connection. And, no way I'm looking up another
meaning at 20:51 in the eve and with my bags yet to pack. BTW, I'll be away
for the better part of next week, will you two remaining two-thirds look
after the realm and take care our dear subjects don't miss me too much?
:-))))))))))))))
Love ya all,
Isa

No wonder I can't make a connection.
Here's a hint:
Mint, not the plant nor the candy, comes from Latin "moneta" which was
a place for coining...guess what?
So bread it's another word for....?? hehehe
Funny eh?
Janis

Saddened to read of you imminent departure. May I be permitted to wish you
safe travel and a swift return. Your subjects, whilst assuredly in good
hands during your abscence, will miss you.
You mean to say the summer of love which transpired in Italy in 1976 was not
THE summer of love so much talked about?
In eager anticipation of Part 2 of this poem....
I remain
ecc
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Bambi

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Io dico che bread sta per...soldi!...ho azzeccato? ;-)
Salve a tutti:-)
Emiliano
emma...@tin.it


esattamente!
Ciao
Arianna
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a place for coining...guess what?
The name is derived from the temple of Juno Moneta (Giunone
Ammonitrice, in Italian) where silver coins were made as early as 269
B.C. This temple was located in the northern peak of Capitoline hill
now occupied by the church of Santa Maria in Aracoeli.
Vale
Ferdinando Chiodo

were popular in the 60's.  I finally found the poem (even better than a
list)
...

 I'd heard 'em all.  bummer.
Hey man! A bird is a chick man.  there was a reunion in Golden Gate Park in
1997 to clelbrate the 30th anniversary of the Summer of Love.  Far out!  Out
of sight!  Be there or be square, so I was there.  All those chicks with gray
hair and wrinkles.  It blew my mind.  We were there 4 hours then we split. 
What a trip....Grace and a few others were there.  Grace is a local chick,
you know, right from the Sunset District.  She used to have a gig a couple of
blocks down from my old man.  I really dig the 60's man.
.............one pill makes you larger	and one pill makes you small  and the
ones that mother gave you  .don't do anything at all  go ask Alice  when
she's ten feet tall.  and if you go chasing rabbits  and you know your're
going to fall.....................................
Peace
Arianna
PS: Grace Rules
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 now occupied by the church of Santa Maria in Aracoeli.
Spero di non aver gia' postato il messaggio, perche' c'e' stata una
interruzione del programma.
Chiedo scusa se non scrivo ancora in inglese. Puoi rispondere pero'
in inglese perche' ormai lo capisco abbastanza bene.
Nel messaggio che avrei avuto intenzione di spedire narravo come
una triste reminiscenza scolastica (la versione dal latino in un
esame di riparazione in seconda liceo) mi facesse pensare che
son si trattava di monete vere e proprie, ma di lingotti di
bronzo, a cui sovrintendeva un certo Pomponio con dei
triumviri.
Il tempio di Giunone doveva essere quello delle oche.
Alex
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Il tempio di Giunone doveva essere quello delle oche.
Yes. The cackling of Juno's sacred geese saved the Capitoline hill
from the Gauls in 390 BC.
Ciao
Ferdinando Chiodo

going to fall.....................................
WHITE RABBIT! Love that song...
Feed Your Head
Janis

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 living in the past,  --Peter
right on man!
Peace
Arianna
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bird for chick, thought that was English...
It is, neba eva used that word! : )
Janis