Date:  Thu, 3 Aug 1995 11:02:32 -0400

From:  "M. Lynne Murphy" <104LYN[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MUSE.ARTS.WITS.AC.ZA>

Subject: Re: monkey blood



> Growing up in Kansas, I used only the term canker sore for what was in your

> mouth. A cold sore was on the outside of your lip, where other people could

> see it, not in your mouth. Do others make this distiction? Mouth ulcer

> I've never heard.

>

> Luanne von S.





this is exactly the distinction we made in upstate (western) new

york. mouth ulcer is a technical term that no one would ever use.



lynne



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