Date:  Sun, 1 Oct 1995 21:58:27 -0400

From:  "Bethany Dumas, UTK" <DUMASB[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]UTKVX.UTK.EDU>

Subject: Re: icebox



My understanding is that the demise of terms such as icebox (and spyder =

skillet = frying pan) was hastened by the advent of the Sears Roebuck

catalog. It contained pictures of all these things plus the "right" name for

them.



Bethany Dumas

dumasb[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]utk.edu