Date:  Fri, 5 Jan 1996 15:02:30 -0800

From:  Peter McGraw <pmcgraw[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]CALVIN.LINFIELD.EDU>

Subject: Re: 'old maid' correction



"Old maid" in this sense has been current in my family since my

childhood. (All of us now live in Oregon, lived in So. California when I

first heard it; mother from Texas and Oklahoma, father from Iowa.) I

couldn't swear to hearing it outside my family, but think I probably have.



Peter McGraw

Linfield College

McMinnville, OR