City Adjs. (Mexico City, Washington)

Benjamin Barrett gogaku at IX.NETCOM.COM
Tue Jul 18 20:35:17 UTC 2000


At the Evergreen State College, there is a subset of people who are
Greeners. Although I've never heard it, I would think Evergreener refers to
people of the Evergreen State, Washington.

Benjamin Barrett
benjamin at btranslations.com

>-----Original Message-----
>From: American Dialect Society [mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU]On
>Behalf Of JP Villanueva
>
>I have never heard _Washingtoniac._  _Evergreener_ refers specifically to
>students and alumni of The Evergreen State College.  And _Clam Grabbers_
>is just more than a descrptive device . . .  although clams do sound good
>right now, I'm monna go grab me some . . .



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