Date:  Mon, 9 Oct 1995 13:57:31 -0500

From:  EJOHNSON[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MSUVX2.MEMPHIS.EDU

Subject: Re: miscellany, lexical



>> Terribly sorry, Ellen, but I never heard the term "all the way" used to

>> mean "with everything [on it]" until that posting.



Interesting how some dialectal differences are still so surprising! I should

have known better, now that I think about it. I guess you guys are real, after

all.



Here's one that's bound to produce variation: what do you call the carts that

sell junk food at construction sites? Are any of you acquainted with any

construction workers? In South Florida, they were called "roach coaches"; I

think I've also heard the relatively bland "lunch truck"



Ellen