Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1996 15:03:06 -0500

From: "Kathleen M. O'Neill" kate[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]UIC.EDU

Subject: Re: Chinese Fire Drill



Joan Houston Hall spake thusly:

DARE I has two senses of Chinese fire drill:

snipped



These are great. Thanks!



But does anyone have any info on how it came

to be named as such? Any historical info?



The "scene of great confusion" is helpful,

but how the phrase came to be used that way.



Thanks, everyone!



Kathleen M. O'Neill

Supervisor, UIC Language Laboratory

kate[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]uic.edu