Date: Mon, 10 Nov 1997 08:43:13 -0800

From: Judi Sanders jasanders[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]CSUPOMONA.EDU

Subject: Re: stoked



At 01:13 PM 11/10/97 +0000, Aaron Drews wrote:



I know AHD doesn't list it as regional, but does anybody know

of



it being found anywhere inland? It may be in mainstream language, but

is



it in non-coastal language?



Aaron







In 1994 I collected it at Iowa State . . . and Ames, Iowa is pretty far

inland. Noticably absent from the college vocabulary there were terms

for surfing . . . but stoke "To excite. italic I'm stoked to go to the

concert. /italic " was present.





Judi Sanders









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