Striking Paper?

[Bob Haas]

That's what I'm guessing, Derrick.  The only ones I've heard much are "T.P."
and "scratch paper," my dad's personal favorite.  I like that one, too.
It's nigh clever.


> From: Derrick Chapman <derrickchapman at mindspring.com>
> Reply-To: American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 08:21:41 -0400
> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Subject: Re: Striking Paper?
>
> Never heard that one.  I'm Georgia-born (1955), lived in SC and FL, met many
> people from all over while in the Air Force, never heard of "striking
> paper."  Old timers used corncobs and leaves and newspaper, I guess, but if
> "striking paper" is a southern term, it's probably very localized.