Date:  Mon, 6 Mar 1995 11:43:51 EST

From:  Beth Lee Simon <SIMON[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]IPFWCVAX.BITNET>

Subject: Re: Iowa dialects and loose meat



I've missed some of the discussion, so I apologize if this is a repeat.



On one of the Roseanne segments, Roseanne's sister returns from a trip

to Iowa, around Dubuque I think, and raves about a place that makes

loose meat sandwiches, something unheard of in Roseanne's Illinois town.

And on a later segment, Roseanne, the sister, and Dan go to the Iowa

diner to try to figure out the recipe so that they can open a loose meat

diner of their own in Illinois.



I mention this because I am from Iowa, and never heard of loose meat.

I assumed it was a joke made up for the show. I'm cIA and ceIA. I've

checked with folks in csIA, and they don't know it.



beth simon