Date:  Thu, 6 Apr 1995 10:42:28 CDT

From:  Mike Picone <MPICONE[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]UA1VM.UA.EDU>

Subject: Re: zinc



I'm curious. Does _zinc_ in New Orleans refer to the sink or counter-

top or both? In France, since 1877, _zinc_ has been used to

refer to counter-tops (originally metal) in bars. Since N.O. society

was still in relation with France at that time (though, admittedly, this

link was already declining), I'm just wondering if there isn't

some semantic overlap going on that would facilitate the appearance of

_zinc_ in various acceptations.



Mike Picone

University of Alabama

MPICONE[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]UA1VM.UA.EDU