Posted on 16:52, April 1st, 2008 by Steve

“This is a new departure in language instruction for English speaking people who want to talk to and be understood by jazz musicians, hipsters, beatniks, juvenile delinquents and the criminal fringe. The twilight world of the American hipster is an important American subculture with a language all its own. To enable you to speak this language of hip exactly like the hipsters themselves, we’ve provided an actual hipster to teach you the correct pronunciation and delivery of his language.”

[ via MeFi ]

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Bob Paolinelli on 5 December, 2008 at 3:00 pm

I was active in the jazz scene in Chicago in th late 50’s as a tenor player. I bought and still have the original vinyl of “How to speak hip”. We all loved it because they talked like we talked and actually validated what we were saying. I digitized the vinyl recording, loaded it on my iPod and play it often. It’s a classic that us old guys remember fondly. And by the way, my brother-in-law was also in the insurance business.

-Prov


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