GR translation: reet pleats

[Bled Welder]

Im sorry that Jings Intersrepatation has taken such a militant view.  Which
he ha to take, , becaze of the status quo.

What did i say--- that reet means retard. I fucking grew up with "tard. "ya
reet" "prove it"

Can yuo prove anything, , you reet, Jing?
On Feb 25, 2013 11:22 AM, "Iris Sirius" <irissiriustce at gmail.com> wrote:

> A reet is a retard.
> On Feb 24, 2013 7:33 PM, "David Morris" <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Reet means Righteous!  Shiny and crisp.
>>
>> On Sunday, February 24, 2013, Rich Clavey wrote:
>>
>>> reet, a.
>>>
>>> (riːt)
>>>
>>> U.S. dial. var. right a. (usu. in sense 8).
>>>    Also a common dial. var. in the U.K.: see Eng. Dial. Dict.
>>>
>>>    1934 in Webster.    1942 Amer. Mercury July 85 Jelly got into his
>>> zoot suit with the reet pleats.    1943 Crisis July 201/2 Negro youths will
>>> crack at anyone of any race who is nice looking. They will say, ‘A fine
>>> queen‥a reet cheet’.    1946 B. Treadwell Big Bk. Swing 125/1 Reet, fine,
>>> O.K.    1977 Hot Car Oct. 42/3 People I've spoken to who went last year
>>> said it was reet good and very alcoholic.
>>>
>>> OED
>>>
>>>
>>> --- On Sun, 2/24/13, jochen stremmel <jstremmel at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> > From: jochen stremmel <jstremmel at gmail.com>
>>> > Subject: Re: GR translation: reet pleats
>>> > To: "James Kyllo" <jkyllo at gmail.com>
>>> > Cc: "Mike Jing" <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>, "Pynchon Mailing
>>> List" <pynchon-l at waste.org>
>>> > Date: Sunday, February 24, 2013, 4:56 AM
>>> > Seems to me that in the context with
>>> > zoot suit it has another meaning:
>>> >
>>> > The design of the suit had many modifications, and came in
>>> > all colors,
>>> > but it consisted basically of "the long killer-diller coat
>>> > with a
>>> > drape shape and wide shoulders; pants with reet-pleats,
>>> > billowing out
>>> > at the knees, tightly tapered and pegged at the ankles; a
>>> > porkpie or
>>> > wide-brimmed hat; pointed or thick-soled shoes; and a long,
>>> > dangling
>>> > keychain."
>>> >
>>> > Read more:
>>> http://www.cdispatch.com/robhardy/article.asp?aid=15572#ixzz2LoSRmsBK
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > 2013/2/24 James Kyllo <jkyllo at gmail.com>:
>>> > > Difficult to translate, referring to a song or two:
>>> > > Louis Jordan Reet, Petite, And Gone<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkMIKEykTjI>(Louis
>>> > Jordan - Reet, Petite and
>>> > > Gone)
>>> > > and Jackie Wilson - Reet Petite<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.
>>> > >>
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > > --
>>> > > http://www.last.fm/user/Auto_Da_Fe
>>> > > http://www.pop.nu/en/show_collection.asp?user=2412
>>> > > http://www.librarything.com/profile/Auto_Da_Fe
>>> > > http://www.thedetails.co.uk/
>>> > > http://www.songkick.com/users/Auto_Da_Fe
>>> > > http://big-game.tumblr.com/
>>> >
>>>
>>
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