Date: Wed, 8 Mar 1995 14:57:50 EST

From: Larry Horn LHORN[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]YALEVM.CIS.YALE.EDU

Subject: Re: Has Went Down



(0n the officer who 'has went down' in Harvard--)

I heard and noticed that too. It was supposed to be a small town 30 miles

north of Chicago. Presumably the form would never have passed muster in the

OTHER Harvard. (The interview was on last night's CBS News.)

On the other topics, I've heard both 'helicopter' and 'whirlygig' for maple

seeds in the New York and Connecticut areas. And both 'pollywog' and 'tadpole'

--curiously, if I'm not mistaken, the two are distinguished in one context:

the Y's swimming program for kids has various proficiency ranks, with 'polly-

wogs' graduating to 'tadpoles'. I may not have that right, though.

Larry