Date:  Wed, 13 Dec 1995 22:01:50 -0800

From:  "Alan S. Kaye" <AKAYE[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]CCVAX.FULLERTON.EDU>

Subject: Re: Proverbial Knowledge



It occurred to me that I should have cited the full proverb once again:



"You pays your money and you takes your choice."

An old teacher of mine (from NY) always used to say it as:

"You pays your money and you takes your cherse." Was this idiolectal or

dialectal? I always thought it was the former (and indicative of his

sense of humor). He recently passed away, so I can't ask him.

Alan Kaye

akaye[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]fullerton.edu