City Adjs. (Mexico City, Washington)

[JP Villanueva]

If someone were to ask me if I was an "Evergreener" I would reply, "No, I
went to the UW, but my dad is a Greener."

                        -johnpatrickVillanueva-
                        -----------------------
                          jvillanu at ctc.ctc.edu


On Tue, 18 Jul 2000, Benjamin Barrett wrote:

> At the Evergreen State College, there is a subset of people who are
> Greeners. Although I've never heard it, I would think Evergreener refers to
> people of the Evergreen State, Washington.
>
> Benjamin Barrett
> benjamin at btranslations.com
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: American Dialect Society [mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU]On
> >Behalf Of JP Villanueva
> >
> >I have never heard _Washingtoniac._  _Evergreener_ refers specifically to
> >students and alumni of The Evergreen State College.  And _Clam Grabbers_
> >is just more than a descrptive device . . .  although clams do sound good
> >right now, I'm monna go grab me some . . .
>