[Ads-l] A couple of NE PA localisms
Wilson Gray
hwgray at GMAIL.COM
Sun Dec 18 22:11:15 UTC 2016
A _cut_, rather than a _slice_, of pizza
_straws_ "small, fried onion *slices* used as garnish for a sandwich,"
different from large, fried onion *rings* as a side-order
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-Wilson
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