Date:  Mon, 9 Oct 1995 19:17:16 -0400

From:  Robert Swets <bobbo[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]BCFREENET.SEFLIN.LIB.FL.US>

Subject: Re: miscellany, lexical



On Mon, 9 Oct 1995 EJOHNSON[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MSUVX2.MEMPHIS.EDU wrote:



> >> 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"

>

"Honeywagons" back in Michigan, based on the euphemism for manure trucks

on the farm.



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