Where Did 'Jazz,' the Word, Come From? (2018)

Re:Where Did 'Jazz,' the Word, Come From? (2018) by goto11 on Thursday August 15, 2019 @04:39AM (#20703568)

As the article mention, everyone have their favorite theory. This one sounds particularly unbelievable though. "Jesus Amen Save our Souls" is not even a meaningful sentence. So it is likely a backronym from JASS rather than the other way around.

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Re:Where Did 'Jazz,' the Word, Come From? (2018) by avip on Thursday August 15, 2019 @05:27AM (#20703772)

"reality may avoid the obligation to be interesting, but hypotheses may not".

It's a good story, let it live.

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Re:Where Did 'Jazz,' the Word, Come From? (2018) by krapp on Thursday August 15, 2019 @05:46AM (#20703857)

It's not a good story. Most slaves weren't even allowed to read or write, and flipping 's' to 'z' is a ridiculous "code."

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