dialect tidbit

[J. Eulenberg]

To add to my point, I grew up in Dallas, which considers itself veering to
the east, although by that it generally meant (1) anywhere east of Ft.
Worth (which turned out to be a nice town, despite the Dallas sneers, when
I finally made my way over there); and (2) "more like New York City."

Julia Niebuhr Eulenberg <eulenbrg at u.washington.edu>

On Wed, 22 Sep 2004, Bethany K. Dumas wrote:

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> Poster:       "Bethany K. Dumas" <dumasb at UTK.EDU>
> Subject:      Re: dialect tidbit
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>> In my childhood (40s and 50s), "Good night!" was my family's all-purpose
>> interjection ....
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>> Did anybody else grow up using this, or was it just our family?  Or is it
>> peculiar to East Texas, or just "an age thing"?
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> I learned it growing up in southeast and east Texas.
>
> Bethany
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