Date: Sun, 14 Jan 1996 15:00:17 -0600
From: Gerald Walton vcgw[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]SUNSET.BACKBONE.OLEMISS.EDU
Subject: Re: 'old maid'
At 12:36 PM 1/12/96 -0700, Rudy Troike wrote:
A survey of Southern members of our faculty only drew three responses
I conducted a similar "survey" at a party during the weekend, all faculty
members or spouses. Only one person knew the old maid usage. She considers
Georgia her home, but she has lived in most parts of the US and parts of
Europe as the daughter of a career soldier. Others from Mississippi, New
York, Maryland, etc., didn't know it. GWW