Antedating of "French Fries"

Douglas G. Wilson douglas at NB.NET
Sun Sep 2 20:49:39 UTC 2012


On 9/2/2012 3:56 PM, sclements at NEO.RR.COM wrote:
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> Subject:      Re: Antedating of "French Fries"
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> Fred(and anyone else who can help),
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> I can't access any of your three finds.  I access GenealogyBank through the Mid-Continent Public Library.
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> What am I doing wrong?  Or, alternatively, what's wrong with my access to the database that allows you to find these while I can't.
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> Sam Clements
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> ---- "Shapiro wrote:
>> French fries (OED 1902)
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>> 1886 _Springfield_ (MA) _Republican_ 12 Oct. 1 (GenealogyBank)  REMEMBER that the place to buy Saratoga Potatoes is at No 4 Dwight-street (near State), also French fries Wednesdays and Saturdays.
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>> Fred Shapiro
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FWIW, I see them, and others. I enter <<"french fries">> or <<"french
fry">> in the 'Include Keywords' box, and a range such as <<1880-1899>>
in the 'Date' box. (With these particular entries I get 6 raw hits with
"... fries", 51 with "... fry", of course some bogus.)

-- Doug Wilson

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