Hallucinating distinctions (was New Jersey Dialects)

[Laurence Horn]

At 2:36 PM -0500 10/20/04, Patti J. Kurtz wrote:
>My students in Ohio did a field project and found "davenport," at least
>in their sample (which admittedly was small), to very age graded (sorry,
>Wilson!)  That is, mainly people over about 50 used it at all.  I
>suspect the same is true here, though I don't think my students have
>done that project here yet.
>
>And I also believe it was a brand name first.

OED:
[Orig. uncertain: perh. from the maker's name.]
A type of large, upholstered couch or sofa [sic] which may be
convertible into a bed.
First cite, 1897.

larry