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[FRITZ JUENGLING]

Wilson,
I saw this, too, but after rereading, 'wear' might fit--if you take the
'they' as the item of clothing in question and not the people.
Fritz

>>> hwgray at GMAIL.COM 11/1/2006 12:20 PM >>>
Note that that spellings, "wear" and "where," have not been replaced
by the spelling "were," regardless of how they may be pronounced.

-Wilson
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> >> I am an English major at Kennesaw State University, and I am in
need of some help.  I am in an American English class, and a project for
that class is to discover why certain words have seemed to have
disappeared in from main stream vocabulary.  For example, most people
would say that they were pants instead of trousers.  It is almost as if
the word "pants" has replaced the word "trousers."
> >> My problem is that I have no idea were to look for information
regarding this phenomenon.  If anybody has any suggestions as to how I
might go about researching this project I would truly appreciate it.
> >>
> >>   Thanks,
> >>   Tanya Boettcher
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