'kife'/'parking garage'

[JP Villanueva]

"Greener" is a term for students & alums of The Evergreen State College in
Olympia.  Evergreen students have traditionally enjoyed a 'hippie'
stereotype.  In Olympia, the term applies to anyone or anything 'granola.'
I didn't ever hear the word 'granola' until I started college in Seattle;
they laughed at me when I said 'greener'.

Another regionalism with a more modern word might be 'parking garage,'
which we say in the Northwest and other places, and 'parking structure'
which was definately the standard in Ann Arbor, Michigan.  Any
thoughts?--jpv

On Thu, 13 Jul 2000, David Bowie wrote:

> From:    JP Villanueva <jvillanu at CTC.CTC.EDU>
>
> : I'll corroborate 'kipe,' although I have some vague feeling it should be
> : spelled with a "y."
>
> Interestingly, in her e-mail reminding me to ask the list, Jeanne spelled
> the Northwesterners' version as 'kype' (which appears in DARE, according to
> a previous post) and everyone else's as 'kyfe' (which isn't given). I used
> an 'i' in both of them 'cause i can't even begin to imagine spelling 'kife'
> with a 'y'.
>
> : Other Northwestisms:  "to cap"--to insult, mostly used in Seattle.
> : "greener"--hippie, used in Olympia...
>
> I doubt it at some level, but i have to wonder if the term 'greener' is
> related to the term 'granola'--that is, did one exist and then trigger the
> other one?
>
> <snip>
>
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