Re: CHAT: living conditions/conditionally Re: Miscellaneous Nonsense

On Fri, 18 Aug 2000 10:47:11 -0500 "Thomas R. Wier"
<artabanos@...> writes:
> >     In a space approximately 16 feet by 10, I have a bed, a chest
> of drawers,
> I've always wondered about the distribution of this phrase -- "chest
> of drawers".
> My mother uses it, but I've always used "dresser" or "bureau".  Are
> there any
> dialects this is associated with?
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> Tom Wier   |     "Cogito ergo sum, sed credo ergo ero."
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Well, in my family we always used it, (and the "of" is always just [@])
but we also use "dresser" (but never "bureau").  A [tSEst@'drOrz] is
thinner (about a yard wide) and taller (coming up to about
shoulder-height).  We have two of those at home, and my parents also have
a ['drEs@r], which is shorter (about waist-height) and wider (about two
and two-thirds yards wide) and what's important is that it has mirrors
sticking up from it, to use when you're getting *dressed*.


-Stephen (Steg)
 "...and tidal waves couldn't save the world from californication..."  ~
_californication_ by the red hot chili peppers