Date: Mon, 8 Jan 1996 11:20:49 CDT
From: Randy Roberts robertsr[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]EXT.MISSOURI.EDU
Subject: Re[2]: Various
I replied to Joan that old maid is a familiar term for me going back
at least 30 years in eastern Kansas. Another term that is used for an
unpopped kernel is "cull".
Randy Roberts
robertsr[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]ext.missouri.edu
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Subject: Re: Various
Author: American Dialect Society ADS-L[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]uga.cc.uga.edu at internet-ext
Date: 1/8/96 10:17 AM
On Sun, 7 Jan 1996, Natalie Maynor wrote:
I don't remember having occasion to call it anything, but I guess I'd say
"unpopped kernels."
I can't recall ever hearing of them called anything but "unpopped kernels".
Allen
maberry[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]u.washington.edu