Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 exptools 1/6/84; site ihuxq.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!harpo!ihnp4!ihuxq!amigo2 From: amigo2@ihuxq.UUCP (John Hobson) Newsgroups: net.cooks Subject: Re: local words ("rubbish and garbage") Message-ID: <796@ihuxq.UUCP> Date: Thu, 22-Mar-84 11:57:09 EST Article-I.D.: ihuxq.796 Posted: Thu Mar 22 11:57:09 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 23-Mar-84 20:44:46 EST References: <724@eosp1.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL Lines: 7 When I was in the U.S. Army, I was informed by my mess sergeant that "garbage" was edible and "trash" was non-edible. It has always struck me as a useful distinction. John Hobson AT&T Bell Labs--Naperville, IL ihnp4!ihuxq!amigo2