Date:  Tue, 26 Mar 1996 09:46:05 -0500

From:  Wayne Glowka <wglowka[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MAIL.GAC.PEACHNET.EDU>

Subject: Bad Hair Daze



Years ago there was an article in AMERICAN SPEECH about trendy names for

what I used to call the barbershop or the beauty parlor, depending on the

gender of the person needing hair removed. At any rate, the effort to give

such places clever names continues and sometimes results in unintentional

jokes.



Gone, but not forgotten in Macon, Georgia, was "Hair Bizarre."



We have a new funny looking name in Milledgeville: "Hair-It-Is"--an

obvious pun on "Here it is" but an unfortunate reference to some sort of

hair disease ("hairitis").





BY THE WAY: If your satellite system can get Channel 13 WMAZ from Macon,

GA, watch my colleague and your fellow ADS-L'er David Muschell being

interviewed about his new book, WHAT IN THE WORD, on "Date with Del" at

12:15 EST today.







Wayne Glowka

Professor of English

Director of Research and Graduate Student Services

Georgia College

Milledgeville, GA 31061

912-453-4222

wglowka[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]mail.gac.peachnet.edu