tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post4072548992541633909..comments2024-03-28T07:58:41.643-04:00Comments on pancocojams: What "Break It Down!" & "Break It On Down!" Mean Regarding Talking Or Dancing Azizi Powellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14963772326145910073noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post-42857090674566464392022-07-11T19:43:43.533-04:002022-07-11T19:43:43.533-04:00ANonymous, thanks. That's a good one. Click ht...ANonymous, thanks. That's a good one. Click <a href="http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-real-meanings-of-breaks-in-kurtis.html" rel="nofollow">http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-real-meanings-of-breaks-in-kurtis.html</a> for a 2014 pancocojams post entitled "The REAL Meanings Of "The Breaks" In Kurtis Blow's Rap/".<br /><br />From the wikipedia article about this song "There are no fewer than three definitions for "break," "to break" or "brakes" used in "The Breaks"...<br />-snip-<br />Check it out!Azizi Powellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14963772326145910073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post-42600572077702384922022-07-11T18:56:37.875-04:002022-07-11T18:56:37.875-04:00Kurtis Blow - The Breaks Kurtis Blow - The Breaks Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post-60385408316662223652017-02-28T02:32:40.775-05:002017-02-28T02:32:40.775-05:00I'm curious about the word "on" in t...I'm curious about the word "on" in the phrases "Get on down" and "break it on down". <br /><br />I think those phrases are older than their shortened versions "Get down" and "break it down". <br /><br />My guess is that the word "on" in those phrases is an adverb which means "all the way", i.e. "Let's get right on down to the real nitty gritty" means "Let's get all the way down etc." And "Break it on down" means "break it all the way down".<br /><br />But even if that's correct, where did this use of "on" come from? Is it a Southern custom that can be traced to the French (via Louisiana?). Or is it African American Vernacular English that has it roots in an African language?<br /><br />But there's also the saying "Right On!" from the late 1960s/1970s..."Right on" means "That's right". <br /><br />How does the "on" in that saying fit with the other examples that I've mentioned-or does the "on" in Right on" have a different source and is a different part of speech than the word "on" in "Get right on down to the real nitty gritty" and "break it on down" phrases?Azizi Powellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14963772326145910073noreply@blogger.com