> The recent origin of the fame of the term "Ute"...is the movei, "My Cousin
> Vinnie"...
>
> Joe Piscopo is a Brooklyn lawyer who goes down south to "Mississippi"(?)to
> defend his 16 year old cousin and the cousin's buddy, who were mistaken
for
> murderers and who are facing dire consequences.... (( This is a 'fit'
> script for today's sequel, wherin today's "Utes" are wrongfully charged
with
> "Being a 'Ute' imposting as "an authority figure" (what nerve!), and are,
> therefore, held to a much higher standard than would be the average
'adult'
> rec. ref....
>
> So: "Save the 'Utes'....and do not use them as an outlet for pent-up
> frustrations of the week prior....!
It was Joe Pesce, not Joe Piscopo.
Anyway, Mayor Daley the Elder of Chicago used that term for years. It's a
standard speech pattern for a number of Chicagoans.
He also once said "There is nothing as wholesome as a fish."
