Date:  Tue, 1 Nov 1994 21:53:30 CST

From:  salikoko mufwene <mufw[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MIDWAY.UCHICAGO.EDU>

Subject: Re: Hallowe'en greetings?



In Message Tue, 1 Nov 1994 18:20:10 -0800,

 Birrell Walsh <birrell[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]well.sf.ca.us> writes:



>San Francisco reporting here. Our visitors all said "Trick or Treat". A

>number said "Thank you," when prompted by Mom. Three greeted our dog by

>name. None said "Happy Halloween." (N = about 15, I'd say.)



 In what I observed in Chicago, people said "Happy Halloween" in lieu of

"bye-bye." My daughter, as several other children I saw that night, would

say "trick or treat" at the beginning of the exchange, as soon as the door

was opened.

Sali.

Salikoko S. Mufwene

University of Chicago

Dept. of Linguistics

1010 East 59th Street

Chicago, IL 60637

s-mufwene[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]uchicago.edu

312-702-8531; fax: 312-702-9861