Date:  Wed, 5 Apr 1995 10:04:19 -0400

From:  "Jerry (NMN) Miller" <miller[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]NEWTON.FRANKLINCOLL.EDU>

Subject: Re: Tom Murray's example "this needs washed"



Gail's note prompts me to recall a strange pronunciation my stepmother, whose

family came from Kentucky originally (to Indiana), gave to the kitchen item

where dishes are washed. She consistently called it the "zinc" - which always

struck me as odd, but I believe I have heard it a few other times away from

Indiana (usually in a southerly direction). How widespread is that?

                    jmiller