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Cacou
Gottfredson interview
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2011-09-22 at 11:50:52
This is a question for native English speakers. In the 1975 interview with David Smith, Gottfredson said of Win Smith: "He described himself as 'a boy from the toolies', which was a little odd because I was 24 at the time, Walt was 28, and Win was about 43. We thought of him as an old man." What does "boy from the toolies" mean?
Jano
Gottfredson interview
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2011-09-22 at 12:06:12
Have a look at http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/002426.html -- "the toolies" is a term for a not very richly populated, backwoods region.
Cacou
Gottfredson interview
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2011-09-22 at 13:22:22
Thanks for the link, this is exactly what I was looking for. I have an additional question though. Was Win Smith claiming to come from a remote but also culturally backward area? and what's the connection with the age exactly?
Jano
Gottfredson interview
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2011-09-22 at 13:59:08
I was confused by the age thing, too, at first. But I think their saying "odd" doesn't refer to the "toolies" but rather to his referring to himself as a "boy" (while he was twice their age at the time).
Robb_K
Gottfredson interview
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2011-09-22 at 18:52:05
The "Tules" (spelled t-u-l-e-s) are a reed type of water plant that grows in lakes, rivers, ponds and swamps. "The tules" means back country (far away from the city). Barks used that term in naming Tuleville and Tuleburg. They are meant to mean far away from civilisation (from Duckburg)-out in "nowhere". "The sticks", "the boonies"(named after trailblazer frontiersman Daniel Boone) are similar-meaning nicknames.
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