Date:  Thu, 23 Feb 1995 11:35:46 -0500

From:  Anne McCoy <aam10[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]COLUMBIA.EDU>

Subject: Re: DARE Queries in NADS 27.1



My husband, William A. Bramlette Jr., has always been known as "Little

Bill," even though he was taller than his dad by the time he was 15 and

even after his father died. They were Texans. I wonder

if this locution is a Southernism. Also, shouldn't the Jr. affixed to his

name now drop off?



Anne McCoy

Managing Editor

Columbia U. Press