"conventional wisdom"

[Barnhart]

conventional wisdom is old--older than Galbraith.  I found in a quick
check a quote from March 1, 1840.

Regards,
David

barnhart at highlands.com

American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU> on Sunday, July 09, 2006
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>Does anyone know whether John Kenneth Galbraith in fact coined the
>phrase, as both Deborah Solomon (interviewing his son in today's NYT
>Magazine) and JKG's son agree?  Just curious.
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>LH
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