rubbernecking again
Kim & Rima McKinzey
rkm at SLIP.NET
Wed Sep 13 00:45:51 UTC 2000
> Many of the citations posted here recently for the word "rubberneck"
>show that people have lost sight of the image that made it such a
>glorious linguistic creation. ...
My thoughts too. Rubbernecking must involve motion while gawking
doesn't. Also, my connotative sense of lookie-lou is of someone
looking but not buying (in a shop, car dealer, real estate venue).
Rima
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