[AGL] foreign words

[gilbert shelton]

Another good Spanish word is "buckaroo", from "vaquero" (cowboy).

A French one: "Humpty Dumpty", from "Un petit d'un petit" ( A small son
of a small man).  This supposedly refers to some actual historical
person, perhaps Pepin the Brief.  Anyone know?  Of course, it could also
refer to George W.

Phil Harris sang of a town called Doo Wah Ditty in his song "That's What
I Like About the South".  I'm not certain that this town truly exists,
but if it does the name might come from the French "du roi d'Italie"
(Napoleon's brother was king of Sicily).

Gilbert