Date:  Fri, 22 Mar 1996 14:27:22 EST

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Subject: Re: gapers' block



The New York City (and vicinity--this is spread by radio traffic

reports, I think) verb is "rubbernecking" (almost always in the

gerund--"they were rubbernecking" is far commoner than "they

rubbernecked"), and the only noun form I've heard is

"rubbernecking delays."



Vicki Rosenzweig

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New York, NY