OK, Now where did all the poor English come from. Folks in PA are
always telling me they are going "down the shore" when in fact they are
going to a place on the shore. Going "down the shore" is like driving
from one end of the shore to another, not "going down to the shore"
Larry
(In constant, albeit friendly, argument with GF)
On Thursday, September 5, 2002, at 10:55 PM, Bill Gilroy wrote:
> Hello Bill,
>
> Wednesday, September 4, 2002, 8:49:49 PM, you wrote:
>
> BG> Hello Ankitterer,
>
> BG> Wednesday, September 4, 2002, 8:08:24 PM, you wrote:
>
> Aac>> In a message dated 9/4/02 4:27:13 PM, spritenut@Exit109.com
> writes:
>
> Aac>> I understand turistas and snowbirds, but what, pray tell, is a
> benny? Have a
> Aac>> good time on the other side of OUR land, anyway.
>
> My office mate at work is a non-bennie. He told me how to tell if a
> person is a bennie. When you ask a person where are they going when
> they go to the ocean and they answer "the shore", that person is a
> bennie. A non-bennie would have answered "the beach", since they are
> already at "the shore".
>
> If you notice Frank C. always says "the beach". Has some truth.
> More useless information.
>
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Larry Macy
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Larry B. Macy, Ph.D.
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University of Pennsylvania
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