7 Responses to “Survey”

1. 1 1 Henri Hein
   May 11, 2020 at 2:21 am

   I’m following Kate Bush.

2. 2 2 Jens B Fiederer
   May 11, 2020 at 9:28 am

   I answered wop based on my impression, without looking it up. Google search suggests “lop”. Actually bringing up a YouTube video and listening suggests that assigning letters to these vocalizations is just a convenience.

3. 3 3 Eric Kehr
   May 11, 2020 at 4:11 pm

   Are you asking what we remember it to be (I.e. a test of our memory) or asking what we hear when we listen to it (i.e an auditory version of that black/blue/white/gold dress meme of a few years back)?

4. 4 4 Steve Landsburg
   May 11, 2020 at 4:47 pm

   Eric Kehr: The latter.

5. 5 5 Eric Kehr
   May 12, 2020 at 1:25 am

   Thanks, Steve.

   I definitely hear it as “lop” in every version of “Tutti Frutti” I have found (whether by Little Richard or others). However that phrase is also sung in the song “We Go Together” at the end of Grease, in which I hear it as “Wop”.

   I voted for “lop” based on the recent demise of Little Richard, but I wonder which song most people have heard most often, seeing as the latter is over twenty years more recent than the former.

   I think I’ve spent too long investigating this.

6. 6 6 F. E. Guerra-Pujol
   May 14, 2020 at 6:01 pm

   In the scheme of things, does it really matter?

7. 7 7 Arch1
   May 18, 2020 at 6:30 pm

   F.E. #6: Since you asked about the “scheme” and not the “grand scheme,” almost certainly not:-)