Date:  Mon, 9 Oct 1995 15:56:56 -0400

From:  Wayne Glowka <wglowka[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MAIL.GAC.PEACHNET.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



My brother in Texas calls them "roach coaches" too.







Wayne Glowka

Professor of English

Director of Research and Graduate Student Services

Georgia College

Milledgeville, GA 31061

912-453-4222

wglowka[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]mail.gac.peachnet.edu