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In an attempt to reverse this trend, a Southern friend of mine offers the alternate when the grits hit the pan , but this usage seems destined to remain a regionalism at best, the kind of Southernism collected by John H. Felts in Bumps, Grinds, and Other Lewd (1389) Gestures [XVI,3].
An alternate derivation, spurious but appealing, was proposed to us while this article was in preparation, in a letter (8/20/1998) from Col. Frank Holan, USAF (retd.): The symbol for tungsten is W because it is Weird.
The poor overworked noun was even used where neither it nor any alternate was needed.
Management has told workers to rest and to "alternate fingers" to reduce the risk of injury.
such as "Well, we're just happier having you come over here," Prudie hopes you will respond with the following: "We have decided that we're going to alternate visits.