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<font size=3>Sorry, Ben, I only remember what I write (sometimes).
But I should have remembered what I was complimented for!<br><br>
In fact, as Ben did not point out, David's 1860 example is the same poem
that Ben told us was in the British Library exhibit, and can be seen here
<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=Uek9_qcFbUIC&pg=PA69#v=onepage&q&f=false" eudora="autourl">
http://books.google.com/books?id=Uek9_qcFbUIC&pg=PA69#v=onepage&q&f=false<br>
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</a>Joel<br><br>
At 1/17/2011 01:11 PM, Ben Zimmer wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 12:34
PM, Joel S. Berson wrote:<br>
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> Has the collective memory forgotten my example from<br>
> 1813? A higher ratio of text to texting than David's 1860
example,<br>
> but definitely in the genre.<br><br>
And there's this from 1828:<br><br>
<a href="http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wordroutes/2398/" eudora="autourl">
http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wordroutes/2398/</a><br><br>
--bgz<br><br>
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Ben Zimmer<br>
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