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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1955
Page
5
Baton Rouge reports linguist Dr. Arthur Norman of Louisiana State University found in a 40 year study that many regional terms have fallen out of use among Southeast Texans. The shift tracks rural roots giving way to industrialization and urban growth, creating vocabulary gaps between age groups.
A Southeast Texas field study by Dr Norman records how age groups differ in vocabulary from mustang to flapper words. Interviews show older Texans favor terms like chittlins clabber old-fashioned porch erg and hayloft while younger speakers prefer soured milk flapjack and loft. The work demonstrates linguistic geography shaping advertising media and media alike.
Near Allegan Michigan a severe hailstorm killed almost 1000 pheasants in a one square mile area. Conservation officer Harry Platts said birds huddled together to shield themselves from golf ball sized hail. Raw soybeans contain about 33 percent protein versus 50 percent in soybean oilmeal.
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