Date:  Thu, 12 Oct 1995 10:12:05 +0100

From:  Jenny Becker <beckerj[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]OMRI.CZ>

Subject: Re: zapping



>I am a grad student in Michigan (a native MI) and use zapping. Generally I

>think it comes from the lay perception that anything that emits waves is a

>zapper of sorts. I. E. the microwave zaps food, I zap the tv with the zapper.

>It is not too widespread but familiar.

>

>Asher





ditto for me, also from Michigan. I'd be more likely to call the remote a

"zapper" than to say "zapping" for changing the channels, though.



Jenny Becker

beckerj[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]omri.cz