Date: Mon, 9 Oct 1995 15:56:56 -0400

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

Subject: Re: miscellany, lexical



Terribly sorry, Ellen, but I never heard the term "all the way" used to

mean "with everything [on it]" until that posting.



Interesting how some dialectal differences are still so surprising! I should

have known better, now that I think about it. I guess you guys are real, after

all.



Here's one that's bound to produce variation: what do you call the carts that

sell junk food at construction sites? Are any of you acquainted with any

construction workers? In South Florida, they were called "roach coaches"; I

think I've also heard the relatively bland "lunch truck"



Ellen



My brother in Texas calls them "roach coaches" too.







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