Date:  Fri, 3 Mar 1995 14:44:17 -0600

From:  "DICK HEABERLIN, ENGLISH DEPARTMENT,

     SOUTHWEST TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY" <DH12[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]SWT.EDU>

Subject: Re: "little" and "jr"



In our student union building there are three sizes of coffee cups--all huge,

more fitting for soft drinks. The largest is called medium. The middle size is

called small, and the smallest is called junior. Why would anyone devise such a

strange system? Is junior commonly thought of as smaller than small?

Dick Heaberlin

Southwest Texas State University

DH12[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]swt.edu