Date: Thu, 15 Feb 1996 12:58:46 EST

From: David Bergdahl bergdahl[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]OUVAXA.CATS.OHIOU.EDU

Subject: bunc[ombe]



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Date: 15-Feb-1996 12:58pm EST



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Subject: bunc[ombe]





From: simon[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]CVAX.IPFW.INDIANA.EDU

Subject: Re: two questions: boink and fish shan

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In New York, isn't it mostly the bunk?





beth simon



Beth, isn't that bunkum from Buncombe, N.C.?--as Mencken tells it, a

representative from Buncombe ended his speeches with "I'm from Buncombe"and he

was parodied as from bunkum. See Raven McDavid's 1-vol abridgement, p. 179.

DARE also lists meanings of "excellent" & "crappy." Deconstructionists take

notice!



Also in DARE, Larry, is my sense of bunk [prob. alteration of bump] #2 which is

listed as "NYC, esp Brooklyn." Yep, born there! Another poster's wife from N.J.

used it that way as well. Earlier usage is belly-bunk, bunt sledding. An

extended meaning in marbles sense #3. All the fun things we learn from DARE!!!



BERGDAHL[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]OUVAXA.CATS.OHIOU.EDU

David Bergdahl

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Received: 15-Feb-1996 12:58pm