RI cabinet was: Re: non-coda r-loss

[Amy West]

>Date:    Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:20:10 -0400
>From:    Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU>
>Subject: Re: Non-coda r-loss in Southern speech?
>
>At 5:40 AM -0400 6/18/09, Bill Palmer wrote:
>  >
>>I was always taken with the unusual names for various beverages in Boston:
>>
>>Soda = "tonic"
>>Ice cream soda = "cabinet"
>
>>From what I've read and seen, "cabinet" is
>largely if not entirely restricted to Rhode
>Island, while I have encountered "tonic" in
>Boston (for 'soft drink') and "frappe" in both
>Mass. and R.I.
>
>LH

You are correct about "cabinet", though it also creeps into the areas
of CT and MA that border RI. But I believe "cabinet" is also a
milkshake term.

---Amy West
Worcester, MA

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