Date: Mon, 6 Oct 1997 18:44:44 -0400

From: Beverly Flanigan FLANIGAN[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]OUVAXA.CATS.OHIOU.EDU

Subject: Re: "The Backbone of America"; First Monday in October; NY Yankees



At the risk of sounding cold and hardhearted (like Mayor Giuliani), may

I ask what Mr. Popik's life story anecdotes have to do with the study

of dialects?