Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
> On Sun, 6 May 2012 13:26:38 -0400, "jmcquown" >
> wrote:
>
>> Potato chips. I happen to like potato chips. They're one of my favourite
>> snacks on the planet. So this landed in my inbox and I thought I'd share it
>>
>>
>> Here's the link:
>>
>> http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food...1205-BestBlogs
>>
>> Or tiny URL:
>>
>> http://tinyurl.com/73spe6j
>>
>> The article is entitled 'Food & Think' LOL
>>
>> "In a study published last year in Gastronomica, student Josh Freedman and
>> linguist Dan Jurafsky of Stanford examined the language found on 12
>> different brands of potato chips.
>
> At least we still have 12 different brands left. All the smaller
> shops are gone, even the very good ones.
>
> State Line used to be a big and very good brand in Southern New
> England. Then Frito Lay built a plant here, sold chips for about half
> the going rate, and put a few others out of business. Then raised the
> prices.

Lots of companies near me. They got herrs and utz, but there are two
distinct snyders, of Berlin, and of Hanover. I thing lays classic really
suck.

Greg