Date: Tue, 15 Oct 1996 23:33:45 -0500

From: Dan Goodman dsgood[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]VISI.COM

Subject: that carbonated stuff



About ten years ago, I tried finding out what supermarket ads in

various parts of the US called carbonated beverages. I looked through

out-of-town newspapers in the main Minneapolis library.



Is there a term for such things as radio announcers saying "twenty

minutes in front of the hour" -- to avoid saying to/till?



None of the supermarket ads used ANY of the terms. They advertised

flavors or brands.



Digression: one ad had a special on a brand of dog food and said

"Veterinarians use it themselves." Didn't say whether they fed it to

their dogs.



Dan Goodman

dsgood[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]visi.com

http://www.visi.com/~dsgood/index.html

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