Date: Thu, 3 Oct 1996 14:00:29 PDT

From: Duane Campbell dcamp[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]EPIX.NET

Subject: Re: headlights/lamps



--- On Thu, 3 Oct 1996 09:55:23 -0700 Allen Maberry

maberry[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]U.WASHINGTON.EDU wrote:



for some reason this pair popped into my head yesterday while driving home

and preparing to turn on my headl----s. i recalled that my grandfather

always called them "headlamps" rather than "headlights". is this

distinction regional or age-based



I recall the term growing up in the '50s being used by then elderly people.



I also remember "parking field" rather than "parking lot". In earlier days,

when cars were not plentiful, there was no need in my small town for a paved

area for regular use as a car park. But occasional events such as the fair or

an auction drew crowds from miles around and a nearby field was pressed into

service just for the day and then returned to the cows. By the 50's when we

had actual municipal parking lots, the old timers still called them parking

fields.





Duane Campbell

dcamp[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]epix.net



When I die and go to Hell, at least I can get my same ISP.