Date: Mon, 24 Jan 1994 12:42:00 CDT

From: JOAN H HALL JOANHALL[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MACC.WISC.EDU

Subject: Re: "Leave Out"?



DARE information shows the phrase "leave out" to be distinctly

South and South Midland in distribution. Our earliest quote is

from 1917, and there's lots of documentation following that.

Of the seven DARE Infs who used the phrase in response to Qu. Y18

(To leave in a hurry: "Before they find this out, we'd better _____")

and Qu. Y 19 (To begin to go away from a place: "It's about time for

me to ______."), four were from Kentucky; the others were from North

Carolina, Mississippi, and Texas. LAGS has at least eleven examples.

Looks regional to me!

Joan Hall, DARE