wag

Mark A. Mandel mamandel at LDC.UPENN.EDU
Sun Nov 21 02:47:37 UTC 2004


Our friend in NC says:

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2004 19:31:07 -0500 (GMT-05:00)
To: Mark A. Mandel <mamandel at ldc.upenn.edu>
Subject: Re: wag

No, I think I first heard "wag" used this way by a man.  I saw the message
about this usage coming from the Appalachians, but I think I learned this
usage of the word by people who live in Cumberland county, NC.

Chris

-----Original Message-----
From: "Mark A. Mandel" <mamandel at ldc.upenn.edu>
Sent: Nov 18, 2004 10:47 AM
Subject: wag

extracted from
  ADS-L Digest - 16 Nov 2004 to 17 Nov 2004 (#2004-323)

[NAME], do you have any sense of whether it is used only by women down
there, as in Wilson's experience?

-- DSBIL Mark
[This text prepared with Dragon NaturallySpeaking.]



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