Date:  Thu, 9 May 1996 09:21:52 -0400

From:  "M. Lynne Murphy" <104LYN[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MUSE.ARTS.WITS.AC.ZA>

Subject: Re: packy?



larry said:



> To support Alice's intuition, I can confirm that 'package store' is standard

> here but 'packy' inextant. Of course, it's hard to know that a form REALLY

> doesn't occur, but I've never encountered it in 15 years in the same South-

> Central Connecticut regional area as Alice's.  I also don't remember 'packy'

> from a couple of years spent in Mass. in the '70's, but I do recall that

> 'package store' is somehow MORE standard there than here, although here it's



well, either "packy" is a later development, or maybe it's college

slang rather than general usage. i swear, when i lived there, nobody

i knew used "package store" in normal conversations. maybe we were

more affectionate toward the package store (and its contents and

services) than average bay staters.



lynne



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