Hair cutting places

[JP Villanueva]

I used to go to "The Best Little Hair-house in Town"

                        -johnpatrickVillanueva-
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                          jvillanu at ctc.ctc.edu


On Wed, 19 Jul 2000, Anna Fellegy wrote:

> In Minnesota, at least in my experience, "barber shop" has been "the haircutting place for
> men," and "beauty shop" has been "the haircutting place for women." "Beauty shop" seems to be
> getting usurped by "salon," and "salon" is becoming "the unisex haircutting place," which I
> think was already suggested. The haircutting chains in Minnesota are definitely unisex.
>
> (Incidentally, how about those "haircutting-place" names, eh? For instance: "Sail on into
> Linda's Hair Port," "Hair-itage," and (my personal favorite) "Language of Hair"--perhaps
> unemployed linguists could take up work in "hair as a second language.")
>
> Anna Fellegy
>