Date: Wed, 4 Oct 1995 08:09:50 -0400

From: Wayne Glowka wglowka[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MAIL.GAC.PEACHNET.EDU

Subject: Re: Lexical choice?



Friends:



Please respond to this post I received from a former student of mine.



Thanks,



Bob Wachal



Sort of an ADS-L Question for you: Fill in the blank in the following:



Today I have to do the ______________________



(meaning a pile of dirty clothes that should become clean with water & soap in

a machine)



laundry, or damn laundry, or . . . never mind



"Wash" works, however.





Wayne Glowka

Professor of English

Director of Research and Graduate Student Services

Georgia College

Milledgeville, GA 31061

912-453-4222

wglowka[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]mail.gac.peachnet.edu