Date: Tue, 7 Mar 1995 09:56:56 -0800

From: bucholtz[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]GARNET.BERKELEY.EDU

Subject: loose meat and vegans



On Tue, 7 Mar 1995, Wayne Glowka wrote:



Everytime I read the term "loose meat" on my screen, I get sick to/on my

stomach. While I'm feeling queasy, I'm wondering about a term I have seen

in the title of a folksong. What, pray tell, does Sal have in the song

"Sal's Got a Meat Skin"? And why is anyone singing about it?



Nearly veegun (is that how you spell it?),





I've been getting a bit nauseous myself. I can't elucidate what

Sal has, but I can give you the spelling of vegan. Your spelling

reflects the correct pronunciation, [vig[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]n]; I can't tell you how many

times I've been called a [veg[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]n] or, worse, a [vEj[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]n].



(By the way, for those who don't know what this is about, a vegan is

someone who eats no animal products.)



Mary Bucholtz



Department of Linguistics

University of California, Berkeley

bucholtz[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]garnet.berkeley.edu