Beatle Peedles (from Ain't She Sweet)

[Derek Homsberg]

Here's the quote from Hunter Davies' 1968 authorized biography at pp. 86-87:

"The name Beatle in German had everyone highly amused from the minute they
arrived. "The Peedles" was how they pronounced it. This in German is also
a small-boy vulgarity, meaning cock or John Thomas."

[Len Blanks]

Post by Derek Homsberg
Here's the quote from Hunter Davies' 1968 authorized biography at
pp. 86-87: "The name Beatle in German had everyone highly amused
from the minute they arrived. "The Peedles" was how they pronounced
it. This in German is also a small-boy vulgarity, meaning cock or
John Thomas."

That would mean the actual word would be closer to the German Piedel (not
likely - Andrejs Piedels plays in goal for Latvia and that would make for
some interesting catcalls during friendlies played in Germany), Pidel
Pidel or Piedal. OK, that narrowed it down enough to find pieken which
of course means prick (not the noun unfortunately, but the innocuous verb
'to prick').

Thanks for looking up the actual quote. Has anyone a guess at the
word or another citation?

[Derek Homsberg]

"> Thanks for looking up the actual quote. Has anyone a guess at the

Post by Len Blanks
word or another citation?

No problem. I'm amazed I found it. The book does not have an index. As I
mentioned, I believe the book also says that John began calling Beatle fans
Beatle Peedles. I did a google search for "Beatle Peetles" and found a
couple places on the net where someone was referring to fellow Beatle fans
as Beatle Peetles.

[Brett A. Pasternack]

Post by Derek Homsberg
"> Thanks for looking up the actual quote. Has anyone a guess at the

Post by Len Blanks
word or another citation?

No problem. I'm amazed I found it. The book does not have an index. As I
mentioned, I believe the book also says that John began calling Beatle fans
Beatle Peedles. I did a google search for "Beatle Peetles" and found a
couple places on the net where someone was referring to fellow Beatle fans
as Beatle Peetles.

He uses the "Beatle Peedles" line on one of the Christmas records. <goes
to listen> Ah, here it is, on the 1964 record, about 1:40 in. "It's been
a busy year, Beatle peedles, one way and another, but it's been a great
year, too."

[Ernie_IRS]

The German word "piedel" is a small-boy vulgarity indeed, closer to "winkie"
than "cock". Also used as pars pro toto: du dummer (you stupid) piedel!

Then again, it is also a surname. My own surname is uncommfortably close to
an English small-boy vulgarity. Shit happens.

If you speak the language, just google in German.

Post by Len Blanks

Post by Derek Homsberg
Here's the quote from Hunter Davies' 1968 authorized biography at
pp. 86-87: "The name Beatle in German had everyone highly amused
from the minute they arrived. "The Peedles" was how they pronounced
it. This in German is also a small-boy vulgarity, meaning cock or
John Thomas."

That would mean the actual word would be closer to the German Piedel (not
likely - Andrejs Piedels plays in goal for Latvia and that would make for
some interesting catcalls during friendlies played in Germany), Pidel
Pidel or Piedal. OK, that narrowed it down enough to find pieken which
of course means prick (not the noun unfortunately, but the innocuous verb
'to prick').
Thanks for looking up the actual quote. Has anyone a guess at the
word or another citation?
--
Len
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[Michael Starosta]

Post by Ernie_IRS
The German word "piedel" is a small-boy vulgarity indeed, closer to "winkie"
than "cock". Also used as pars pro toto: du dummer (you stupid) piedel!
Then again, it is also a surname.

Well,I am a German and I have never heard of it,neither as a vulgarity
nor as a surname.

[Ernie_IRS]

Some reference:

http://schwarze-romantik.de/modules.php?op=modload&name=XForum&file=print&fid=1&tid=1705

http://myblog.de/showblog.php?blog=magni

http://www.kath-kirche-rauenberg.de/pgr.html

Post by Michael Starosta

Post by Ernie_IRS
The German word "piedel" is a small-boy vulgarity indeed, closer to "winkie"
than "cock". Also used as pars pro toto: du dummer (you stupid) piedel!
Then again, it is also a surname.

Well,I am a German and I have never heard of it,neither as a vulgarity
nor as a surname.
--
MFG, Staso.

[Len Blanks]

Post by Ernie_IRS

Post by Michael Starosta

Post by Ernie_IRS
The German word "piedel" is a small-boy vulgarity indeed, closer to "winkie"
than "cock". Also used as pars pro toto: du dummer (you stupid) piedel!
Then again, it is also a surname.

Well,I am a German and I have never heard of it,neither as a
vulgarity nor as a surname.

http://schwarze-romantik.de/modules.php?op=modload&name=XForum&file=print&fid=1&tid=1705
http://myblog.de/showblog.php?blog=magni
http://www.kath-kirche-rauenberg.de/pgr.html

No luck connecting to the first site and the last lists Piedl only as
a surname. The second however uses the term perhaps as Penis, if that
is the body part referenced there that needles are driven through.

I am not German; I was only once married to one and lived there for
about 14 years. This isn't enough to say that der Piedel (if the
second site's writer has the gender correct) is not a child's term for
Penis, but I am not yet convinced it is. That I had never heard of
the term is less support than a native German (Herr Starosta) saying
he had never heard of it.
--
Len

Post by Ernie_IRS
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Fuck yeah!11!! As a white, middle-class kid growing up in the home counties,
this tune spoke to me like no other. Later that day, I refused to eat any
broad beans at all.

"They're good for you", my Mum said, so I shot her.
-- Joe Horowitz in uk.sport.football

[J***@LYC0S.C0M]

Post by Derek Homsberg
"The name Beatle in German had everyone highly amused from the minute they
arrived. "The Peedles" was how they pronounced it. This in German is also
a small-boy vulgarity, meaning cock or John Thomas."

HEY! Now don't bring me into this argument...

[Derek Homsberg]

Post by J***@LYC0S.C0M
HEY! Now don't bring me into this argument...

OK then, let's bring in Magic Johnson!