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From: bill@utastro.UUCP (William H. Jefferys)
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Subject: Re: local words ("tonic and frappe")
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Date: Fri, 23-Mar-84 12:21:08 EST
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Posted: Fri Mar 23 12:21:08 1984
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> In Texas they call a "toilet" a "commode" and a "set" of bedroom
> furniture is s "suite" of bedroom furniture.

...and it's pronounced "suit" as in "suit of clothes" (at least,
that's the way the TV ads do it.)
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	Bill Jefferys  8-%
	Astronomy Dept, University of Texas, Austin TX 78712   (USnail)
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