Date: Tue, 1 Nov 1994 13:15:23 CST

From: salikoko mufwene mufw[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MIDWAY.UCHICAGO.EDU

Subject: Re: Hallowe'en greetings?



In Message Tue, 1 Nov 1994 09:10:19 -0800,

David Harnick-Shapiro david[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]buckaroo.ics.uci.edu writes:



Last night was my first Hallowe'en as a homeowner. (...) I was struck, though,

by one thing: in addition to the recitation of "Trick or treat!"

and "Thank you!", a number of children (more toward the 8-10 age

range?) shouted out "Happy Hallowe'en!" as they left our door.



Is saying "Happy Hallowe'en" customary in other parts of the

country?



Last night I took my six-year old daughter trick-or-treating. Several of

the people we visited wished us "Happy hallowe'en." None of the authors of

the phrase sounded foreign to me.

Sali.

Salikoko S. Mufwene

University of Chicago

Dept. of Linguistics

1010 East 59th Street

Chicago, IL 60637

s-mufwene[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]uchicago.edu

312-702-8531; fax: 312-702-9861