Date: Sun, 23 Oct 1994 09:42:31 -0700

From: Judith Rascoe boise[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]WELL.SF.CA.US

Subject: Re: Forty-eleven



"Does 70-ll have anything to do with 7-11?"



Certainly pre-dates 7-11 for me. Typical usage "I've got seventy-'leven

things to do this morning, so I can't have lunch with you, sorry." But

could 7-11 stores have picked up on that association with 'busy-ness'?