Date:  Wed, 22 Feb 1995 12:41:35 +0500

From:  Wayne Glowka <wglowka[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]GC3.GAC.PEACHNET.EDU>

Subject: DARE Queries in NADS 27.1



LEFT--as in "I got bus-left." I've heard this expression in Milledgeville

in something like "After we got bus-left, the principal had to come pick us

up."



LITTLE--meaning junior, son, etc. I have a friend from Dublin, GA, with a

name that he doesn't like, a name he shares with his father and also his

grandfather, I believe. At any rate, my friend goes by a nickname, "Rock";

when he is queried about his father's name he always jokes: "Well, he's

Big Rock, and I'm Little Rock." The announcement is followed by laughter

and a change of subject.



PACK, PACKINGHAM--liquor made from molasses. In the Milledgeville area, a

liquor store is called a PACKAGE store. I have asked people why it is so

called, but all I get is guesses about the need to put liquor in a package

before it can be taken out of the store. In regard to this concern, I

remember the look of horror when I insisted on walking out the Piggly

Wiggly with a naked twelve pack. However, I wonder if PACKAGE is somehow

related to this PACK.



Wayne Glowka

Professor of English

Director of Research and Graduate Student Services

Georgia College

Milledgeville, GA 31061

912-453-4222

wglowka[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]gc3.gac.peachnet.edu

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