Date: Wed, 4 Oct 1995 09:00:52 -0500

From: "Dennis R. Preston" preston[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]PILOT.MSU.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

Equal choices between wash and laundry.



Gut-wrenching introspection cannot reveal whch of these is more typical of

my vernacular; born 1940, E-A male, vast majority of significant childhood

(English) language acquisition in Louisville KY area.



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

a machine)



Dennis R. Preston

preston[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]pilot.msu.edu