Date:    Sun, 8 Mar 1998 19:11:01 -0500
<br>From:    Beverly Flanigan  flanigan[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]OAK.CATS.OHIOU.EDU 
<br>Subject: Re: Distnc. btw. "crick"&"creek", GREASY/GREAZY
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<br>My graduate student from SW Virginia (Covington) would have to agree with
<br>Ron: she says really oily hands (from car grease, for ex.) are 'greazy,'
<br>while messy food plates, french fries, etc. are just 'greasy.'  She adds,
<br>though, that the distinction may be based in type of grease (car vs. food)
<br>rather than degree.  One would also 'greaze' the car, but with 'grease'--a
<br>distinction no So/SoMid speaker disputes, am I right?
<br>
<br>
<br>At 07:52 PM 3/5/98 -0500, you wrote:
<br> Ron of Iowa wrote:
<br> 
<br>  One thing that surprises me here is that folks say that GREASY and GREAZY
<br>are
<br>  semantically distinct to the extent that GREAZY things are GREASY, but
<br>  intensely so, Is this true elsewhere in the South?
<br> 
<br> Nonsense! (Unless, of course, one is talking about the amount of snake oil
<br> one has lubricated one's words with.)
<br> 
<br> Bethany of SE Texas
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