Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site lanl-a.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!cmcl2!lanl-a!jad From: jad@lanl-a.UUCP Newsgroups: net.nlang Subject: Regional expressions - Grinders in Massachusetts. Message-ID: <3906@lanl-a.UUCP> Date: Thu, 22-Mar-84 03:07:30 EST Article-I.D.: lanl-a.3906 Posted: Thu Mar 22 03:07:30 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 23-Mar-84 20:10:39 EST References: <134@iwpba.UUCP> Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory Lines: 23 ('cause cbosgd!mark says I should) A few months ago when I was interviewing in the city of Pittsfield, Mass., I also encountered the term 'Grinder - a Meal in Itself!' on every little food shop. No pictures, no explanations offered. When I got back to my hotel, I asked the obvious question and found out they were what I (a Coloradan/Californian) called a "submarine". The receptionist at the hotel was quite amused that I didn't know but had to go into a detailed description as she had no other references for it. Zozzles The Freep Nestled in the Mountains of New Mexico Land Of Enchanted Spiders (forgive the line width variations - doing this on a fourty column screen.)