Date:  Thu, 2 Jun 1994 09:50:29 -700

From:  Keith Russell <wkr[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]US.DYNIX.COM>

Subject: Re: truce terms



On Tue, 31 May 1994, Luanne von Schneidemesser wrote:



> Truce terms I happen to have been looking at recently in DARE's

> database. The most frequent term, 332 informants, is time out,

> which while scattered throughout most of the country is most

> frequent east of the Mississippi River. Complementing this is

> the next most frequent response, 265 informants, king's ex, a

> beautiful map which will appear in vol. 3, showing responses in

> Ohio, Illinois, the Mississippi Valley, and west of this -- the

> Atlantic coast is almost completely without this response. The

> next most frequent responses are time (83), times out (56), times

> (53), king's (23), and free (11).



In Southern Alberta, 'time out' and 'king's ex (or X)' were both common on

the 50's. I'm pretty sure I also remember 'time,' 'times out,' and

'times.' I don't think I've ever heard 'king's' or 'free.'



Keith Russell

wkr[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]us.dynix.com