Puke, Corncracker (1834); Tell a Harvard Man (April 6, 1907)

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A few items from when ADS-L was down yesterday.
  
Sunday's "On Language" column is by Kathleen Miller, and she mentions Grant 
Barrett. It's the shizzle.
  
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PUKE
  
DARE has 1835 for "puke." HDAS? The HDAS has 1835  for "corn cracker/"
        

(WWW.NEWSPAPERARCHIVE.COM)
   Republican Banner Tuesday, September 02, 1834 Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 
...are cali'tJCorn Crackers, Buckeyes, HOOSIERS, Suckers, Pukes, From the.. 
Pg. 2, col. 6:  
NICK NAMES.--The Illinois Pioneer gives the following list of nick names 
adopted to distinguish the citizens of the Western states.
In Kentucky they are call'd Corn Crackers.
Ohio             Buckeyes,
Indiana          Hoosiers,
Illinois            Suckers,
Missouri         Pukes,
Michigan Territory   Woolverines,
The Yankees are called Eels.    

   Ohio Repository Friday, September 26, 1834 Canton, Ohio 
...T. Buckeyes, H oosiers, Stickers, PUKES, Wonlvcrinos, 1' 'ii'j I IWI 
-TilJ.....AND Reynolds, of Illinois Ashley of MISSOURI AND an army of his ORIGINAL 
in..
Pg. 2, col. 4:
_Names._--A writer in the Illinois Pioneer, says that the following nicknames 
have been adopted to distinguish the citizens of the following states:
In Kentuckey they're called Corn-Crackers,
Ohio,        Buckeyes,
Indiana,     Hoosiers,
Illinois,      Suckers,
Missouri,   Pukes,
Michigan T. Wolverines,
The Yankees are called Eels.

   
   Adams Sentinel Monday, May 25, 1835 Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 
...Corn era IndJnnians. ibc "'PUKES" tbc ers" the Micbiiranifins, Why.....A 
company of citizens of this State, (MISSOURI) is now organizing, to emigrate.. 
Pg.3, col. 2:
The hardy sons of the West have adopted or received an odd set of nicknames. 
The ohioans are called "Buckeyes"--the Kentuckians, "Corncrackers"--the 
Indianians, "Hooshers"--the Missourians, "Pukes"--the Illinoisians, "Suckers"--the 
Michiganians, "Wolverines."
  
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YOU CAN ALWAYS TELL A HARVARD MAN... (continued)
  
(HARPWEEK)
Volume: 1907   Issue: 04/06   Page Range: 0515a-0515a  
Heard in Cambridge

She.
“You can always tell a Harvard
man.”
He(from New Haven).
“Yes; but you
can't tell him much.”



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