Re: Re: squinny

[RonButters at AOL.COM]

In a message dated 12/8/03 6:09:05 PM, MAdams1448 at AOL.COM writes:


> My girlfriend is from Iowa and she and her parents use "squinny" in just 
> this way.  I have no evidence from any other state or region, but point out 
> western PA "grinnie" as a parallel form.
> 

I am from EASTERN Iowa and have never heard of a squinny [meaning a ground 
squirrel]. I believe that MAdams's contact is from Western Iowa, where of course 
everybody talks funny, especially parents and lawyers.