Date:  Wed, 4 Oct 1995 12:39:35 -0400

From:  "Winfield, Laurie" <lwinfield[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]RINET.HUNTON.COM>

Subject: Re: green/string beans



In central Virginia, they're just "snaps"!



lwinfield[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]hunton.com



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From: American Dialect Society

To: Multiple recipients of list ADS

Subject: Re: green/string beans

Date: Wednesday, October 04, 1995 11:28AM



I have always refered to them as string beans.

Allen

maberry[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]u.washington.edu



On Wed, 4 Oct 1995, Tom Uharriet wrote:



> > On Tue, 3 Oct 1995, Rima & Kim McKinzey wrote:

> >

> > > I think this might just be a question of age - or the age of one's

parents.

> > > Does this also apply to the string bean/green bean?

> > >

> > The New York Times still uses "string bean" -- one piece of evidence

that

> > string bean holds on in at least oe part of the Northeast.

> >

> > Dan Goodman dsg[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]maroon.tc.umn.edu

>

> It was always string beans for me in Los Angeles--especially the thin

> French cut.

>

>

> Tom Uharriet

> utom[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]admn.712.nebo.edu

>