[Ads-l] surfing

[James A. Landau]

On Apr 11, 2017 11:32 AM, "MULLINS, WILLIAM D (Bill) CIV USARMY RDECOM
AMRDEC (US)" <william.d.mullins18.civ at mail.mil> wrote:

> OED has Sufing adj sense 2 (of a person who surfs)  1922
>
> Honolulu _Hawaiian Star_ 6 Mar 1899 p 1 col 6
> "A surfing party consisting of Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Strahorn, and
> Captain J. H. Stearns and his young daughter, were capsized off 
Waikiki
> Saturday afternoon."

Strange to see "capsized" in the passive voice.  Stranger still for it to refer to the passengers rather than the boat.

- Jim Landau

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