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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 1 of 3 1 2 3 #210495 - 04/18/13 10:48 AM 1930's meanings of 'heaters' and 'cheaters'   Joined: Apr 2013 Posts: 1 Vic Neilson stranger Vic Neilson   stranger Joined: Apr 2013 Posts: 1 KwaZuluNatal, SouthAfrica Our choir is learning a 1930’s Medley that includes ‘Jeepers Creepers’. There has been some discussion about the lines ‘Golly gee! When you turn those heaters on – woe is me – Got to put my cheaters on!’ Am I correct in assuming the ‘heaters’ refers to eyes and ‘cheaters’ to sunglasses? Vic Neilson, Munster, Lower South Coast, KwaZuluNatal, South Africa vneilson@mweb.co.za #210498 - 04/18/13 11:40 AM Re: 1930's meanings of 'heaters' and 'cheaters' [Re: Vic Neilson]   Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Sounds good to me. #210499 - 04/18/13 01:57 PM Re: 1930's meanings of 'heaters' and 'cheaters' [Re: Faldage]   Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 jenny jenny veteran jenny jenny   veteran Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi Not to me. In my neck of ths woods "cheaters" in this context refers to better seeing glasses not dimming glasses e.g. Hand me my cheaters so I can read the small print. Of course "heaters" are not "hooters" so that term must be a musical license term for "eyes". Good luck. #210503 - 04/18/13 05:06 PM Re: 1930's meanings of 'heaters' and 'cheaters' [Re: jenny jenny]   Joined: May 2010 Posts: 958 Tromboniator old hand Tromboniator   old hand Joined: May 2010 Posts: 958 Alaska Yes, jj is right. The whole song is about eyes, so "heaters" are eyes used to attractive advantage: musical license indeed; cheaters are ordinary eyeglasses, slang of the period. #210504 - 04/18/13 07:04 PM Re: 1930's meanings of 'heaters' and 'cheaters' [Re: Tromboniator]   Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 8,917 LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 8,917 Land of the Flat Water Originally Posted By: Tromboniator Yes, jj is right. The whole song is about eyes, so "heaters" are eyes used to attractive advantage: musical license indeed; cheaters are ordinary eyeglasses, slang of the period. Yuppers! ! ! ----please, draw me a sheep---- #210515 - 04/19/13 11:32 AM Re: 1930's meanings of 'heaters' and 'cheaters' [Re: Vic Neilson]   Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Only problem: that meaning of cheaters doesn't fit the sense of the song. #210516 - 04/19/13 12:10 PM Re: 1930's meanings of 'heaters' and 'cheaters' [Re: Faldage]   Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel zmjezhd   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh Only problem: that meaning of cheaters doesn't fit the sense of the song. The context of the song is rather strange. In the 1938 movie, Going Places, Louis Armstrong sings it to a race horse. There's a clip on YouTube. With a horse and eyes, you'd think of blinders, not glasses. Ceci n'est pas un seing. #210517 - 04/19/13 12:11 PM Re: 1930's meanings of 'heaters' and 'cheaters' [Re: Faldage]   Joined: May 2010 Posts: 958 Tromboniator old hand Tromboniator   old hand Joined: May 2010 Posts: 958 Alaska With a big enough hammer, I can make it fit! Okay, maybe it makes more sense if they are sunglasses, but I never heard that usage in actual conversation, as I did in reference to ordinary glasses. Jeepers creepers, I admit I've never taken the song seriously enough to look for sense in it. #210528 - 04/19/13 10:26 PM Re: 1930's meanings of 'heaters' and 'cheaters' [Re: Tromboniator]   Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Originally Posted By: Tromboniator ... I've never taken the song seriously enough to look for sense in it. Good move. #210530 - 04/19/13 10:30 PM Re: 1930's meanings of 'heaters' and 'cheaters' [Re: Faldage]   Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 8,917 LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 8,917 Land of the Flat Water D'accord. ----please, draw me a sheep---- Page 1 of 3 1 2 3 Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------   Information and announcements   Q&A about words   Wordplay and fun   Words and languages in schools   Miscellany   Weekly Themes   Looking for (writers, speakers, ...) (Old) Weekly themes. 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