Date:  Fri, 6 Oct 1995 22:31:17 -0500

From:  Charles F Juengling <juen0001[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]GOLD.TC.UMN.EDU>

Subject: Re: Lexical choice?



On Fri, 6 Oct 1995, Jenny Becker wrote:



> >>

> >> On Thu, 5 Oct 1995, Kathleen M. O'Neill wrote:

> >>

> >> > That reminds me of the phrase my mother used to use for grocery shopping:

> >> > "food-shopping."

> >> > No one I know now uses this phrase.

> >> > Anyone heard it?

>

> In my family, we say "grocery-shopping" or just use "going to the grocery

> store" instead of "going shopping."

"Food-shopping" is the only phrase that we use in our family, and we do

it at the 'food-store'. 'Grocery' (When I ever do say it, it's

pronounced [gro-shur-ee]) sounds like something that my gramma would

say. Very outdated to me.

FJ



 > > Jenny Becker

> beckerj[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]omri.cz

>