documentate!!

[Jonathan Lighter]

"Me three kings of orientate are."

This sentence will not be grammatical for at least another five years.

JL

"Rex W. Stocklin" <stocklin at EARTHLINK.NET> wrote:
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At 9:58 PM -0500 3/28/05, Benjamin Zimmer wrote:

>Proquest has it back to 1958, though Barry's kid-lore collections
>can probably beat that.
>
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>Los Angeles Times, Jun 13, 1958, p. A5
>Mrs. C.C., Los Angeles, would like to donate without buying candy,
>and G.B., Los Angeles adds "Me three!" to another's antiselling "Me
>too."
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>
>
>--Ben Zimmer

Ahem, I think I can tie this whole thread together.

Wasn't there a song?...ahem...."Me three kings of orientate are" -
P'raps an utterance of the bard?, P'raps not. ;-)

Lexy Rexy
Fishers, IN

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