iced tea -- trying to save my theory

[D. Ezra Johnson]

"Ice tea" is written by non-native speakers of English in NYC. The same
explanation applies for them as for Southerners, to whom the language is
native but the compound is not...

On thin ice(d),
DEJ


>From: Enid Pearsons <epearsons at RANDOMHOUSE.COM>
>Reply-To: American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
>To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
>Subject: Re: iced tea
>Date: Mon, 2 Aug 1999 18:19:17 -0400
>
>It's not limited to the South.  "Ice tea" exists on restaurant menus and
>restaurant and supermarket signs all over New York City.


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