>From: Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
>Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2001 16:25:32 -0500
>
>Padraic Brown wrote:
> > Don't yall have cheap eats where you're from?
>
>Nope. I've heard "eat" used that way before, but in a context that lead
>me to think it was an archaism. Is it used that way currently in some
>dialects?
Yup. 'Sused tha' way down 'n'east Texas. You'll e'en fine a good many
hole-in-the-wall joints named Good Eats 'n' suchlike in Dallas.
Adam
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