Antedating of "Pig Latin"

[Fred Shapiro]

On Sun, 9 Mar 2003, Fred Shapiro wrote:

> There is a general sense of "Pig Latin" and a specific sense (ecificspay
> ensespay).  The OED's earliest citation for the general asense is 1937,

That should be "ensesay."

Fred Shapiro


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