Date:  Sat, 5 Aug 1995 21:06:37 -0500

From:  Natalie Maynor <maynor[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]RA.MSSTATE.EDU>

Subject: Re: Canker sores and egg creams



> I also grew up in Mississippi, and I do remember hearing the term "canker

> sore". But I seldom heard it and was never sure what it meant. I'm sure I

> do even now. I remember thinking what an ugly sore it must refer to and I

> would shudder to think about it. Maybe I thought it related to cancer.



I'm confident that we didn't think that Nice People would have anything

so nasty sounding as a "canker sore."

  --Natalie (maynor[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]ra.msstate.edu)