"call someone out of their name"

Douglas G. Wilson douglas at NB.NET
Sat Nov 29 21:59:20 UTC 2008


Very interesting!

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1706: [in a sermon] <<shall I, _a Shrub_, take it ill that I am call'd
out of my Name?>>

http://books.google.com/books?id=wF0HAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA283&dq=%22out+of+my+name%22+date:1600-1760&lr=&num=100&as_brr=3

1779 [this ed.] (Henry Fielding, _Joseph Andrews_): [a servant woman has
been called a "bitch"] <<that's no reason you should call me out of my
name>>

http://books.google.com/books?id=M4wTAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA107&dq=%22me+out+of+my+name%22+date:1700-1900&lr=&num=100&as_brr=3

1846: [a man (an Irishman, I think) has been addressed as "Paddy"] <<I
was vexed to hear her call me out of my name before dacent people>>

http://books.google.com/books?id=8fkEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA399&dq=%22me+out+of+my+name%22+date:1700-1900&lr=&num=100&as_brr=3#PPA399,M1

1856: [a 'black' man has been addressed as "Sambo"] <<Don't you call me
out of my name>>

http://books.google.com/books?id=sSoZAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA108&dq=%22me+out+of+my+name%22+date:1700-1900&lr=&num=100&as_brr=3

1880: [in a glossary of 'Antrim and Down' expressions] <<Out of one's
name, by a wrong name>>

http://books.google.com/books?id=wckFAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA1-PA75&dq=%22me+out+of+my+name%22+date:1700-1900&lr=&num=100&as_brr=3

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There are lots more!

-- Doug Wilson

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