Not in anything by Jonathon? Should it be in a future work?

[Wilson Gray]

On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 4:44 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>wrote:

> Does "Hog" count (in HDAS)?


IMO, it counts as *extremely* revealing - I wasn't aware of those
particular BE uses of "hog" WRT cars at all. But, nevertheless, it's
distinct. "Roadhog" = specifically "Cadillac Sedan de Ville" is from
everybody's favorite speech-island, St. Louis.

Speaking of HDAS, while browsing through it, I was startled - shocked,
almost - to discover that BE "chinchy" = "stingy" is *not* peculiar to BE,
at all!

OTOH, I've become persuaded that what I've always heard as "alife" in
expressions like my grandfather's "Great stars alife!" and my grandmother's
"Goodness gracious alife!" really *is* "alife" and not a mishearing of
"alive" - as it usually occurs in literature - on my part.

www.barend-hallmann.de/chat_log_06_01_2014.html‎
Jan 6, 2014 - RiaJohanna: goodness gracious alife.

Youneverknow

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