Jackety Jack

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Posted By: Paul - Wed May 25, 2016
Category: Languages | Music | 1950s

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Teenagers must be the same the world over.

Posted by KDP on 05/25/16 at 09:23 PM

Very weird. There's no "j" sound in German -- the letter j sounds like a y in English. So if you were to spell "yakety yak" in German, you'd spell it with a j but you'd pronounce it with a y sound. Here they seem to spell AND pronounce it with a j.

Posted by ges on 05/26/16 at 12:07 AM

A little research reveals that he was a former British coal miner who learned some German and became a rock and roll singer in Germany.

Posted by ges on 05/26/16 at 12:29 AM

I'll see your Jackety Jack and raise you one Est ce Que Tu Le Sais (http://youtu.be/rk1-NaEXrmI)

Posted by Rks1157 on 05/26/16 at 06:47 PM

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