> wrote in message
...
> It's late at night and I can't sleep. So my mind is wandering to
> unimportant things. :-)
>
> I notice in the various Thanksgiving threads that some people
> use the term stuffing and some use dressing. I've always called it
> stuffing, as have most of the people I know. To me, dressing is
> something you put on salad.
>
> Is the difference in terminology a regional thing?
>
> ttfn,
> jan

I think dressing means liquid, so I can't use that word for a concoction
involving bread. I have a theory about the culture behind the differences in
terminology, though. Let's try it here and see what happens.

If you describe the turkey side dish as "dressing", where do you and your
family fit with regard to these other things?

1) It's September, your kitchen's filled with steam, and you've been filling
Ball jars with tomatoes and lowering them into a vat of hot water. Are you:
-Canning?
-Putting food by?
-Putting up food?


2) In early spring and late fall, millions of people go bonkers over a
delicious panfish called a crappie. You and yours pronounce it as:
- Crappie, with a short "A" as in "crap", "map", etc.
- Croppie, with a short "O", as in "mop".You want to say it the other way,
but you were taught there'd be hell to pay later. Literally.


3) Do you any wooden country-decor cows or pigs hanging anywhere in your
home?


4) On top of your toilet tank, is there a basket containing little soaps
that nobody will ever use?