Date:  Mon, 9 Oct 1995 09:04:22 -0500

From:  "Dennis R. Preston" <preston[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]PILOT.MSU.EDU>

Subject: Re: pop/green/string beans



>>

>> > They've always been string beans to me. "Green beans" sounds to me as

>>though

>> > it would be said by those who say "pop" instead of "soda".  (This

>>presumably

>> > reflects my New York City roots.)   Larry

>>

>>

>> NO! NO! NO! NO! I grew up on pop! (Los Angeles)

>>

> NO NO NO NO NO I grew on coke! (Louisville)



NO NO NO NO NO NO! I grew up in Louisville earlier (much earlier) on soft drink.

Dennis Preston

>

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