On Mon, 12 Dec 1994 LESNYD@ccmail.monsanto.com wrote:
> Sure, things are different within the US, particularly in my family's
> old stomping grounds, the Ozarks:
>
> >
> > US UK Ozarks
> >
> > Kleenex Tissue Snotrag
> >
> > Frigidaire Fridge Icebox
> >
> > Vacuum Hoover What?
> >
Good, Larry. But you forgot:
US UK Ozark
Tires Tyres Tars
As in, "You kin have them tars out yonder. No, not those, I'm keepin'
those for my pickup. I mean them between the old icebox 'n the Chevy.
One of 'em has still got some tread, t'other ain't much good. One of the
boys left 'em; I disremember which one."
Ray "Born in Ironton, but I've almost forgotten the language" Gibbons
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