What does "Jes' Make sure he's dead" mean? (1 Viewer)

[theBaron]

Right, pronounced like the first syllable of the Son's name, with a long e, or phonetically rendered, "jeez", and sometimes spelled as "geez". But "jes' " is usually used to represent American dialectual pronunciation of standard English, "just", and sounds like "jess", with a short e, as in "best" or "west".

Prost!
Brad

 

[Saber]

Darn! I thought he was referring to some soon to be released add on figure named Jessica. I guess I'll have to wait for more spicy additions to
my collection.

 

[OzDigger]

Darn! I thought he was referring to some soon to be released add on figure named Jessica. I guess I'll have to wait for more spicy additions to
my collection.

Ok, but maybe he wanted Jess out of the way because he wanted Jessie's Girl

 

[Saber]

Ok, but maybe he wanted Jess out of the way because he wanted Jessie's Girl

Say... wasn't there a catchy tune about Jessie's Girl?

 

[OzDigger]

Say... wasn't there a catchy tune about Jessie's Girl?

Yeah, gotta love the 80's

 

[theBaron]

Darn! I thought he was referring to some soon to be released add on figure named Jessica. I guess I'll have to wait for more spicy additions to
my collection.

Maybe there's a Jessica Rabbit figure in the works....

 

[King & Country]

Hi Guys,
Our friend “The Baron” nailed it in one… “Jes’” is just the phonetic rendering of American Rural dialect as in “Just make sure he’s dead!”
As for exactly where our K&C soldier came from my own guess is somewhere south of the Mason/Dixon line.
Hope this helps… Best wishes and happy collecting…
Andy C.

 

[Spitfrnd]

Hi Guys,
Our friend “The Baron” nailed it in one… “Jes’” is just the phonetic rendering of American Rural dialect as in “Just make sure he’s dead!”
As for exactly where our K&C soldier came from my own guess is somewhere south of the Mason/Dixon line.
Hope this helps… Best wishes and happy collecting…
Andy C.

Well it is your figure so he can come from where ever you say. However, the use of this word would not be confined to below the "line", even in the 1940s. It would have just as likely to have been said in rural New York or Massachetts or in black dialectic almost anywhere, including Tangiers. American Southerners are not the only ones who contract their words in slang.

 

[theBaron]

Or Pennsylvania Dutch, too, though it might be pronounced then more like "Tchuss' make sure he's dodt naw vunce, ya got me all vahuddelt". Say?

Prost!
Brad

 

[Spitfrnd]

Or Pennsylvania Dutch, too, though it might be pronounced then more like "Tchuss' make sure he's dodt naw vunce, ya got me all vahuddelt". Say?

Prost!
Brad

Indeed Interestingly, it is rather common in many rural dialects to drop the last letter of a word when the following word starts with a consonant and change the middle vowel to facilitate a more abbreviated pronunciation, as in "jus" to "jes" preceeding "[m]ake".

 

[Larry Allen]

Hi Guys,
Our friend “The Baron” nailed it in one… “Jes’” is just the phonetic rendering of American Rural dialect as in “Just make sure he’s dead!”
As for exactly where our K&C soldier came from my own guess is somewhere south of the Mason/Dixon line.
Hope this helps… Best wishes and happy collecting…
Andy C.

Thanks to Andy and everyone else who chimed in here. Never thought a simple question could bring out so many interesting ideas and comments.
So my guy is going to be from Maine, so try to figure that one out???

 

[Spitfrnd]

Thanks to Andy and everyone else who chimed in here. Never thought a simple question could bring out so many interesting ideas and comments.
So my guy is going to be from Maine, so try to figure that one out???

Simple for me, I was stationed there for 4 years. Good choice really.