LL-L: "Names" LOWLANDS-L, 24.JAN.2000 (07) [E]

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From: Edwin Michael Alexander [edsells at idirect.com]
Subject: LL-L: "Names" LOWLANDS-L, 24.JAN.2000 (05) [E]

At 09:23 AM 01/24/00 -0800,  Robin K. Huggett wrote:

>Actually, I think whether "for" or "after" is used here in America depends
upon
>the local. I use "after".

I concur.  Actually, as far as I can remember, everywhere I've lived in
North America (New England, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Ontario) most people
would say "after", though they'd know that you meant the same thing by
saying "for".

Ed Alexander
JAG REALTY INC.
80 Jones Street Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8R 1Y1
Pager: 905-545-0177  Fax: 905-525-6671 Email: edsells at idirect.com
Jag Realty Inc.: http://www.deerhurst.com/jag/
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