Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site fortune.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!fortune!polard From: polard@fortune.UUCP (Henry Polard) Newsgroups: net.nlang Subject: Re: 'enry 'iggins in America Message-ID: <4799@fortune.UUCP> Date: Fri, 14-Dec-84 15:04:13 EST Article-I.D.: fortune.4799 Posted: Fri Dec 14 15:04:13 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 15-Dec-84 02:37:53 EST References: <598@asgb.UUCP> Reply-To: polard@fortune.UUCP (Henry polard) Organization: Fortune Systems, Redwood City, CA Lines: 17 Summary: In article <598@asgb.UUCP> devine@asgb.UUCP (Bob Devine) writes: > > > BTW, isn't the use of 'America' for the United States of A. a >regionalism (big region, to be sure). > Yeah - just about the whole world. BTW, do you know about the Dialect Atlas of the U.S., edited by Hans Kurath? You may find other books by him interesting; he is the dean of American dialectologists. -- Henry Polard (You bring the flames - I'll bring the marshmallows.) {ihnp4,cbosgd,amd}!fortune!polard N.B: The words in this posting do not necessarily express the opinions of me, my employer, or any AI project.