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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: "of a night" and other perplexing regionalisms... #22453 03/12/2001 7:13 PM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park of troy Carpal Tunnel of troy Carpal Tunnel Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park Well, do they lay the table? or set the table? Wait on line? or in line? The best thing to do is to ask-- NY'er set a (the) table-- when i first heard lay a table-- i had no idea what was being talked about (I was about 8 at the time)! my other obsession Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted "of a night" and other perplexing regionalisms... Alex Williams 03/12/2001 5:29 PM Re: "of a night" and other perplexing regionalisms... maverick 03/12/2001 5:56 PM Re: "of a night" and other perplexing regionalisms... of troy 03/12/2001 7:13 PM Re: "of a night" and other perplexing regionalisms... Fiberbabe 03/12/2001 8:01 PM Re: "of a night" and other perplexing regionalisms... wwh 03/12/2001 9:56 PM Re: taking periodicals ladymoon 03/13/2001 6:10 AM Re: "of a night" and other perplexing regionalisms... NicholasW 03/13/2001 9:21 AM Re: "of a night" and other perplexing regionalisms... wow 03/13/2001 1:47 PM Re: "of a night" and other perplexing regionalisms... Alex Williams 03/19/2001 4:20 PM Re: "of a night" and other perplexing regionalisms... inselpeter 03/24/2001 3:13 AM Re: "of a night" and other perplexing regionalisms... Jackie 03/24/2001 3:15 AM Re: "of a night" and other perplexing regionalisms... tsuwm 03/12/2001 7:41 PM Re: "of a night" and other perplexing regionalisms... Kupatchka 03/20/2001 9:30 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts230,263 Members9,208 Most Online4,606 Sep 17th, 2025 Newest Members JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery, Forix Richard 9,208 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 24 A C Bowden 7 Tony Hood 1 Forix Richard 1 John Flex 1 handymanhome 1 JerryC 1 Wood Delivery 1 Trusted Roofing 1 John Fox 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,123 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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