Date:  Sun, 1 Oct 1995 08:54:58 -0400

From:  John J Staczek <CAMJON[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]GUVAX.ACC.GEORGETOWN.EDU>

Subject: Re: stove/range



>From Toledo, Ohio in the 40s and 50s, it was stove as in 'Dinner's on

the stove' along with 'Dinner's in the oven, but not ever with 'range'

as a collocation.

    I've a further question, what do we see as the distribution of

'ice box'? I grew up with that in Toledo and notice that I use it more

often than the other usual suspects of 'fridge, refrigerator, reefer,

frigidaire.

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