big antedating of "Hun" = 'German.'

[Amy West]

On 11/13/13 12:01 AM, Automatic digest processor wrote:
> Date:    Tue, 12 Nov 2013 19:41:15 -0500
> From:    Laurence Horn<laurence.horn at YALE.EDU>
> Subject: Re: big antedating of "Hun" = 'German.'
>
> On Nov 12, 2013, at 3:20 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>
>> >YBQ probably should include the Kaiser's 1900 exhortation to his troops:
>> >
>> >"When you meet the enemy,... you will give no pardon and take no prisoners.
>> >...As the Huns a thousand years ago under King Etzel [i.e., Attila]
> Aha! So*that*  explains why the car didn't sell!  I knew it must have been more than just the horse-collar grille.
>
> LH
>
Horse collar? I always thought it was a toilet seat.

---Amy West

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