LL-L "Etymology" 2011.11.30.(04) [EN]

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From: Isaac M. Davis isaacmacdonalddavis at gmail.com
Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2011.11.30 (01) [DE-EN-NDS]

From: Pat Barrett pbarrett at cox.net
> Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2011.11.29.(01) [EN]
>
> I remember clearly in the 50s that magazines like Time regularly referred
> to the word smog as new and as being an amalgam of fog and smoke. But my
> etymological dictionary cites 1905 as its date of origin and in reference
> to London, not Los Angeles.
>

Is it possible that it was a relatively recent loan from one dialect of
English to another, perhaps a result of contact between speakers in World
War II?

saac M. Davis

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