Date:  Tue, 4 Nov 1997 11:52:44 -0500
From:  Linda Urschel <lurschel[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]HUNTINGTON.EDU>
Subject: Re: "git go"

Beth,

I've heard this expression many times, and it is, in fact, in my own
vocabulary. I live about 25 miles west of Ft. Wayne.

Linda Urschel
Huntington College





At 10:44 AM 11/4/97 EST, you wrote:
>The phrase, "from the git-go," which may be better known now
>from televised sports, wasn't used in (urban--such as it is) Iowa.
>It is common in Wisconsin, and I'm here to say, unknown in neIndiana
>.
>
>beth simon
>assistant professor, linguistics and english
>indiana university purdue university
>simon[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]cvax.ipfw.indiana.edu
>