Date:  Mon, 6 Nov 1995 15:34:09 -0500

From:  "Gregory J. Pulliam" <HUMPULLIAM[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MINNA.ACC.IIT.EDU>

Subject: thanx for pignuts



Thank you for the info on pignuts--it seems I should have done my own

homework before asking for help. I'm guilty of assuming that because

it sounds regional, an item must be regional. I do seem to have gotten

slight variations in responses, though. Some suggest that all Hickory

nuts are pignuts; some that certain hickory nuts are pignuts; AHD seems

to suggest that pignuts are another variety of nut than hickory. My dad's

usage seemed to me to be the second of the above.

Any more thoughts n "pignuts"? Thanks again for your time.

Greg Pulliam

IIT-Chicago