go = say, date?

[jester at PANIX.COM]

> Does anyone have a date for 'go' in the sense of 'say' prior to the early
> 1930's?

It depends on how you define "say". There are pre-1930s examples
of _go_ in reference to animal noises, sound effects, or
inarticulate human utterances, but I'm not aware of any pre-1930s
(or even pre-1940s) example where it is used meaning strictly
'to say' in reference to actual speech.

Jesse Sheidlower
OED