Date:  Tue, 13 Feb 1996 13:22:19 -0600

From:  Miriam Meyers <mmeyers[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MSUS1.MSUS.EDU>

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



We use the 'French' pronunciation of Target here in Minnesota (Target is

Minnesota-based); I have also heard Targhetto for a local inner city Target

(though that is a more confined pronunciation).



>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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>M. Lynne Murphy              104lyn[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]muse.arts.wits.ac.za

>Department of Linguistics            phone: 27(11)716-2340

>University of the Witwatersrand          fax: 27(11)716-8030

>Johannesburg 2050

>SOUTH AFRICA



Miriam Meyers

Metropolitan State University

mmeyers[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]msus1.msus.edu