GR translation: reet pleats

[James Kyllo]

Difficult to translate, referring to a song or two:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkMIKEykTjI (Louis Jordan - Reet, Petite and
Gone)
and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tE46zm4yjhA (Jackie Wilson - Reet Petite)

It's how the word "right" spoken with a Northern accent is often
transliterated, and that is used to mean "very" or "certainly" as in "It's
reet cold this morning".


On Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 6:42 AM, Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>wrote:

> P249.4-12   ... It is all out of shape, no focus to it until a sarcastic
> flourish from the band, and here comes the meanest customer Slothrop has
> seen outside of a Frankenstein movie—wearing a white zoot suit with reet
> pleats and a long gold keychain that swings in flashing loops as he crosses
> the room with a scowl for everybody, in something of a hurry but taking the
> time to scan faces and bodies, head going side to side, methodical, a
> little ominous. He stops at last in front of Slothrop, who’s putting
> together a Shirley Temple for himself.
>
> What are "reet pleats"?  Specifically, what is the meaning of the word
> "reet" here?  I am having trouble finding an appropriate translation.
>
>



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