Date: Tue, 21 Oct 1997 10:51:04 -0400

From: Brenda Lester brenles[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]CODY.GAC.PEACHNET.EDU

Subject: Re: you're welcome/toy's for sale



I live in cenral Georgia where "You're welcome" and "Thank You" are alive

and well. In some cases, "Certainly" replaces "You're Welcome."



Also, use of apostrophes for plurals is rampant.



On Tue, 21 Oct 1997, mmcdaniel wrote:



A couple of thoughts:



1. In addition to "You're welcome" evaporating, "Thank you" is losing

ground to "Thanks," which seems more impersonal.



2. I am constantly finding apostrophes used to indicate plurals, both

in the northeast US and in South Florida. I think this has a lot to do

with some people's annoying habit of using all caps.



-Matthew McDaniel