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	<title>Comments on: Word Detective &#8211; Cackalacky</title>
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		<title>By: Paul</title>
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		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2010 02:52:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>As I recall, this is 40 years back or more, the guys were not from NC nor from the South. In the cases that I recall they were white, but that said there was a lot of slang being borrowed across racial and regional lines. This was the Viet Nam era and most soldiers were under 21 and trying on entirely new identities as warriors. I can say for sure that the term Cackalack or Cackalacky was not one of endearment. We&#039;re talking about the period from say 1966 - the early 1970s. 

Learning about the Kimball play helps fill in a little and reaffirms, to me at least, that I wasn&#039;t just making this up.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As I recall, this is 40 years back or more, the guys were not from NC nor from the South. In the cases that I recall they were white, but that said there was a lot of slang being borrowed across racial and regional lines. This was the Viet Nam era and most soldiers were under 21 and trying on entirely new identities as warriors. I can say for sure that the term Cackalack or Cackalacky was not one of endearment. We&#8217;re talking about the period from say 1966 &#8211; the early 1970s. </p>
<p>Learning about the Kimball play helps fill in a little and reaffirms, to me at least, that I wasn&#8217;t just making this up.</p>
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		<title>By: Bonnie Taylor-Blake</title>
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		<dc:creator>Bonnie Taylor-Blake</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Sep 2010 23:13:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks for adding this note about &quot;Cackalacky,&quot; Paul.  Your interest over the years in determining the genesis of this term has been very helpful.

I&#039;ve been wondering about Bland Simpson&#039;s and your (separate) experiences with &quot;Cackalack&quot; in the &#039;60s.  Do you recall whether it was used by both black and white servicemen or by one group more than the other?  Your recollection suggests that those who used the term were not natives of the Carolinas.  Were you able to determine where they were from?  From up north, perhaps?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks for adding this note about &#8220;Cackalacky,&#8221; Paul.  Your interest over the years in determining the genesis of this term has been very helpful.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve been wondering about Bland Simpson&#8217;s and your (separate) experiences with &#8220;Cackalack&#8221; in the &#8217;60s.  Do you recall whether it was used by both black and white servicemen or by one group more than the other?  Your recollection suggests that those who used the term were not natives of the Carolinas.  Were you able to determine where they were from?  From up north, perhaps?</p>
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