Date:  Mon, 14 Nov 1994 18:06:57 -0600

From:  Daniel S Goodman <dsg[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MAROON.TC.UMN.EDU>

Subject: Re: word geography



On Thu, 10 Nov 1994, Robert Kelly wrote:



> With two of those words (The Stockade, roomeke) you could be from

> Ellenville NY (or anywhere on the western slopes of the southern

> Catskills).

Extremely close -- I'm from between Accord and Kerhonkson; not quite

walking distance of Ellenville, but close enough for an experienced hiker.



Only doodlebug affirms the north midlands, I guess.

I got that from the same area. I learned only in that rather specialized

sense -- a car converted into a tractor.



Dan Goodman dsg[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]maroon.tc.umn.edu