Date:  Wed, 20 Dec 1995 11:31:56 -0600

From:  miriam meyers <mmeyers[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MSUS1.MSUS.EDU>

Subject: Re: het/heated



We had this in Atlanta in the 40s, too.



Miriam Meyers, Metro State U/Mpls.-St. Paul



>> I had 'het up' as a kid (Louisville 1940's) with no realization that it was

>> related to 'heat.' My use of it was imitative, however; speakers who

>

>What he said (except Mississippi, not Louisville). Some of the expressions

>I grew up with were those of a supposedly delightful great great aunt, who

>was originally from the mountains of North Alabama and who died shortly

>before I was born. My mother still quotes her often -- expressions like

>"hot as flugens," "all het up," and many, many others.

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