Date:  Mon, 8 Jan 1996 11:20:49 CDT

From:  Randy Roberts <robertsr[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]EXT.MISSOURI.EDU>

Subject: Re[2]: Various



   I replied to Joan that old maid is a familiar term for me going back

   at least 30 years in eastern Kansas. Another term that is used for an

   unpopped kernel is "cull".



   Randy Roberts

   robertsr[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]ext.missouri.edu





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Subject: Re: Various

Author: American Dialect Society <ADS-L[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]uga.cc.uga.edu> at internet-ext

Date:  1/8/96 10:17 AM





On Sun, 7 Jan 1996, Natalie Maynor wrote:

>

> I don't remember having occasion to call it anything, but I guess I'd say

> "unpopped kernels."



I can't recall ever hearing of them called anything but "unpopped kernels".



Allen

maberry[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]u.washington.edu