Date: Wed, 11 Sep 1996 11:34:14 -0400

From: "M. Lynne Murphy" 104LYN[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MUSE.ARTS.WITS.AC.ZA

Subject: Re: offload



On this morning's traffic report, the speaker warned motorists of an overturned tractor trailer on the east bound lane of the Schuykill Expressway (leading

to Philadelphia). The cargo was a load of beer, and the road would be

closed until the beer could be "offloaded." The term offload (off-load)?

was repeated several times by others on the radio and on TV, leading me to

assume the term was used in the original report.



Has anyone heard this term before?



i know this more in terms of "get rid of" rather than "unload". as

in "we offloaded our backstock of souvenir ashtrays onto some

unsuspecting tourists."



lynne m.