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Re: CHAT: Southern word

From:Padraic Brown <pbrown@...>
Date:Sunday, March 26, 2000, 1:26
On Thu, 25 Mar 100, John Cowan wrote:

>For a while the two were sold side by side (from different gas >pumps), and you still hear people asking for "unleaded" gasoline, >although it is now all unleaded.
I believe the pumps are still marked "unleaded". A bit anachronistic, but perhaps to avoid confusion with "diesel" or "aviation fuel". Padraic.
>John Cowan cowan@ccil.org