Date: Fri, 10 Mar 1995 19:24:27 EST

From: flanigan[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]OUVAXA.CATS.OHIOU.EDU

Subject: suite/suit



Ohio University Electronic Communication





Date: 10-Mar-1995 07:24pm EST



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From: Beverly Flanigan Dept: Linguistics

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Subject: suite/suit





Instead of cringing or jeering, try using "set" instead of either

/swit/ or /sut/. Although my Minnesota-born parents said the latter, I

grew up thinking I _should_ say the former. Now everyone up there

seems to say "bedroom set"--a nice alternative, I think.



On "Sam Hill": I recall that my mother said this, but I never heard a

man say it. Perhaps it was a "lady-like" euphemism for "hell"? But

where the "Sam" comes from I haven't a clue.

Beverly Flanigan

Ohio University







Received: 10-Mar-1995 07:24pm