Date:  Mon, 10 Nov 1997 16:10:07 -0600
From:  Mary Bucholtz <bucholtz[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]TAMU.EDU>
Subject: Re: mangoes=peppers

Gee, I haven't heard that in years. It was common in rural northwestern
Indiana twenty years ago. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.

Mary

Mary Bucholtz
Assistant Professor of Linguistics and Discourse Studies
Department of English
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX 77843-4227
bucholtz[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]tamu.edu
phone: (409) 862-3910
fax: (409) 862-2292

>Just a quick question till I can check my sources--what is the extent of
>mango as the term for sweet green peppers? I just encountered it for the
>first time today and it is apparently quite common in central Illinois (of
>course I've been here over 20 years and never heard it).
>
>
>Dennis
>
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>
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>
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>
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