Date: Fri, 7 Nov 1997 10:19:07 -0500

From: Carol Andrus CLAndrus[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]AOL.COM

Subject: Re: "git-go and southernisms": mawmaw and pawpaw



It's funny how words vary. Down in rural Florida where I grew up, pawpaws

were papayas. Avocados were alligator pears (the rough-skinned variety).