village

[Sally Donlon]

Although we have "village" as an incorporation status marker in
Louisiana, you never hear it used in conversation. The sole exception
is when used as part of the phrase "village idiot," which, of course,
can refer to someone in a large city as easily as to someone from the
provinces.

sally



On Apr 10, 2006, at 7:27 PM, sagehen wrote:

> My mind makes no connection between the use of "village" and the
> South, so
> I was beginning to think we'd probably be safe in saying it has mainly
> existed E of the Mississippi & N of the Ohio R.  But it occurs to
> me that
> Mark Twain may have used it in reference to little towns in Missouri.
> Anyone?
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