Date:  Thu, 14 Dec 1995 12:57:04 -0800

From:  Dan Moonhawk Alford <dalford[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]S1.CSUHAYWARD.EDU>

Subject: Re: Proverbial Knowledge



That's the way my dad said it (from Arkansas).



On Wed, 13 Dec 1995, Alan S. Kaye wrote:



> 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

>