need DARE pairs

Steve K. stevek at SHORE.NET
Sat Jun 24 00:16:19 UTC 2000


On Fri, 23 Jun 2000, Natalie Maynor wrote:

> And I grew up exclusively with icing.

My favorite DARE split is between lightning bug/firefly, where firefly is
predominant in the northern tier of states (basically WA ---> ME),
instead of one of the regional clumps that dialectal items often occur
in. It's neat when DARE backs up your idiolect--I am solidly in the
firefly camp.

--- Steve K.



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