Date:  Mon, 9 Oct 1995 12:57:06 +0100

From:  Steven S Russell <juggler[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]SAWDUST.CVFN.ORG>

Subject: Re: miscellany, lexical



You see? We had fun AND we all learned something.



Steve from Wisconsin - All The Way!



On Mon, 9 Oct 1995, Robert Swets wrote:



> On Mon, 9 Oct 1995, Kathleen M. O'Neill wrote:

>

> > >Lastly, is the person who doesn't know what a hot dog "all the way" is for

> > >real? Is this an idiosyncracy or are there other wisconsinites with the same

> > >gap (bill?)? In Chile, if that's what you wanted, you ordered "un completo",

> > >which was amazing in its toppings, and very messy. My mouth is watering, let's

> > >not get back on junk food, please. (Ellen JOhnson, ejohnson[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]cc.memphis.edu)

> >

> > Terribly sorry, Ellen, but I never heard the term "all the way" used to

> > mean "with everything [on it]" until that posting.

> > I'm in Chicago, after all, and if ya want a hot dog here, ya better ask

> > for it "loaded" or "with the works," or even "with everything."

>

>  Are you acquainted with Peter DeVries' short story, "Different

> Cultural Levels Eat Here"? It's in *No, but I Saw the Movie*. Worth a

> read, burger in hand.

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