To: agenda_express
This almost matches the "take out" vs "carry out" isogloss. It doesn't match the "greassy" vs greazy" line though. Not is it isoglossic with the "wash" vs "warsh" line.
46 posted on
12/21/2004 10:21:08 AM PST by
Doctor Stochastic
(Vegetabilisch = chaotisch is der Charakter der Modernen. - Friedrich Schlegel)
To: Doctor Stochastic
My grandmother still calls her couch the davenport. Seems a strange thing to call a sofa.
53 posted on
12/21/2004 10:23:43 AM PST by
cripplecreek
(I come swinging the olive branch of peace.)
To: Doctor Stochastic
When I first heard the "coke" thing I thought they were kidding me. It makes no sense whatsoever.
"Gimme a Budwiser"
"What kind?"
"Huh?"
"What kind?"
"Oh, I see,,,ummm,,, make it a Miller Lite Budwiser"
99 posted on
12/21/2004 10:39:53 AM PST by
Protagoras
(Many people teach their children that Jesus is story character but Santa Claus is real.)
To: Doctor Stochastic
This stuff is fascinating. I will have to e-mail the website link to my English professor. He loves this stuff.
Pizza Hut is 'carryout,' but everywhere else, I say take out. Say Greazy....and "wash" though my mom says "warsh," driving me nuts.
300 posted on
12/21/2004 1:21:49 PM PST by
rwfromkansas
("War is an ugly thing, but...the decayed feeling...which thinks nothing worth war, is worse." -Mill)
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