When I was running late to meet a buddy who's in the rock music
industry, he said "better a little drae time than no drae time at
all."  What does the term "drae time" mean?

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Request for Question Clarification by websearcher-ga on 11 Feb 2006 09:31 PST

Hi thecurious1:

I've been doing some searching on your question, but haven't had a lot
of luck. Maybe if you could clear up a few things for me, that would
help me get an answer for you.

1. Are you sure of the spelling of "drae"? Did you see it written
down? If not, what was the pronunciation of the word you found (you
know, rhymes with...).

2. What genre/type of music is your friend involved with? Reggae?
Hip-hop? Something else?

Thanks!

websearcher

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Clarification of Question by thecurious1-ga on 13 Feb 2006 06:03 PST

Actually, we have solved the mystery.  "drae" is a spelling goof on my name!

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Request for Question Clarification by pafalafa-ga on 13 Feb 2006 07:17 PST

thecurious1-ga,

There actually is a phrase known as "dray time", and it is, indeed,
better to have a little dray time than none at all.

It's not clear from your last comment whether you're still hoping for
an answer to your question, or whether an answer is no longer needed.

Can you clarify?

Thanks,

pafalafa-ga

Thecurious,
I expect that you did the obvious and asked the friend who used the expression.
Can you enlighten us?  Please?

Personally, I was wondering if your friend had any contact to German
speakers who used the expression "Drehzeit"  or adapted it to "dreh
time".
Drehzeit is the period scheduled for filming in movie production.
Vaguely its use could make sense in the context that you mentioned.

Regards, Myoarin

My guess is that it is actually "Dre" short for Andre.

Googlenut

I thought it was a play on "Dr Dre," the rap artist...
http://www.drdre.com/