Date: Wed, 4 Oct 1995 13:19:03 +0100

From: "C.A. Hoornstra" cah012[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]STUDENTS.STIR.AC.UK

Subject: Re: Lexical choice?



On Wed, 4 Oct 1995, wachal robert s wrote:



Friends:



Please respond to this post I received from a former student of mine.



Thanks,



Bob Wachal



Sort of an ADS-L Question for you: Fill in the blank in the following:



Today I have to do the ______________________



(meaning a pile of dirty clothes that should become clean with water & soap in

a machine)

I'm sitting next to a Brit (from Plymouth) who would say:

Today I have to do the washing.