Date: Thu, 8 Feb 1996 11:31:29 -0500

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

Subject: Re: Monkey Wards and Kame-apart -Reply



i've heard target stores pronounced frenchly (tarzhay') in a couple of

states, though i can't remember which ones (illinois was one, but i

remember thinking it was a local, university-student thing til i

heard someone somewhere else say it). undoubtedly, the french

pronunciation indicates that it's a really classy place to shop.



never heard a disparaging term for walmart, but i'd like to make one

up. should be easy enough.



tangentially, re: woolworth's. in south africa, and i believe

england (that is, i believe that it's based in england), woolworth's

is a very ritzy place to shop. someone saw my woolworth's plastic

bag (which is called a "checkers" here, but that's another story)

the other day and remarked "what are you doing, shopping at

woolworth's on a lecturer's budget?!" don't know if this

woolworth's is any relation to the 5&10, but the resemblance is only

nominal.



lynne



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