Date: Tue, 29 Oct 1996 11:04:34 -0600
From: Natalie Maynor maynor[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]RA.MSSTATE.EDU
Subject: Re: lowery, grass strip, etc
I have no word for the strip of grass beside the sidewalk. There
weren't many sidewalks in the suburbs of Atlanta where I grew up in
I've often wondered when hearing people discuss terms for this
grassy strip why I don't have any name for it and don't remember
ever hearing anybody else call it anything. Ellen's posting made
me wonder if maybe this is significant in itself -- maybe Southerners
or at least Southerners who grew up in cities form a sort of "zero
isogloss" in not having a term? Or maybe my reason for not having
one is like Ellen's -- there weren't many sidewalks in north Jackson.
--Natalie (maynor[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]ra.msstate.edu)