Date: Fri, 21 Nov 1997 23:27:49 -0600

From: Greg Pulliam gpulliam[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]CHARLIE.IIT.EDU

Subject: Re: well and why



Who's buried in Grant's Tomb?

"_____, Grant."



I'm 40 and would say "well." But my 15 year old daughter and my 12 year

old son and my 7 year old son wouldn't say "why" or "well," they'd say (in

the style of Beavis and/or Butthead) "Uh, Lincoln?"



Gregory J. Pulliam

Illinois Institute of Technology

Lewis Department of Humanities

Chicago, IL 60616

gpulliam[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]charlie.cns.iit.edu