Talk:See You Later, Alligator

Latest comment: 1 year ago by 86.42.186.249 in topic See you later alligator..in the water crocodile

Quite perfect! 81.246.216.132 12:07, 29 January 2006 (UTC) Stephan KŒNIG, French WikipedianReply

What does it mean? edit

For a common Norwegian this seems like an greeting with no meaning in the first hand. Is it so? Sindre

It's just a rhyme: "later ... alligator"; "awhile ... crocodile". If you want a literal meaning it's simply, "Goodbye." 23skidoo 17:08, 7 April 2006 (UTC)Reply
Ah-ha, so it's Robert Guidry who I blame for the massive proliferation of this phrase, eh? I swear that every American child between the ages of four and six repeat this phrase over and over and over and over... ekedolphin 09:15, 3 May 2006 (UTC)Reply
I don't know if Guidry aka Bobby Charles exactly invented the phrase, but since he wrote the song that popularized it, he's as good a guy to blame as any! 23skidoo 12:07, 3 May 2006 (UTC)Reply

I always heard it as "In awhile crocodile"

It's possible that this is how the response was spoken in regular use, but both Charles and Haley clearly use "after 'while, crocodile" in their lyrics. 23skidoo 23:22, 18 September 2006 (UTC)Reply

"Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" in "December" 1955? edit

Any source? Doesn't fit the timeline about ten weeks earlier? And, the Whole_Lotta_Shakin'_Goin'_On article says September - but, that too with no source. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.90.167.225 (talk) 22:15, 30 June 2022 (UTC)Reply

See you later alligator..in the water crocodile edit

... 86.42.186.249 (talk) 19:51, 23 October 2022 (UTC)Reply