"Silicon" (geog.)

[Dennis R. Preston]

WOW! I wish I'da been linguistically competent in '66. I still have doubts.

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>On Fri, 13 Jul 2001, Dennis R. Preston wrote:
>
>>  Not quite. The Upper Peninsuala is called the UP, but the Lower
>>  Peninsula is called "Lower Michigan" or even the "Lower Peninsula."
>>  Never herard anybody say LP (been here in the LP since '83).
>
>Seconded. ('66-'86, although not linguistically competent till some time
>after '66).
>
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Dennis R. Preston
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Michigan State University
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