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