Wish(ing) bone (1847, 1850, 1853)

[Michael Quinion]

> Andy Smith (editor of the OXFORD ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AMERICAN FOOD &
> DRINK) mentioned on the train to Providence that he did some work
> on the Americanism "wishbone" (also called "merrythought"). Michael
> Quinion's World Wide Words addressed the topic, and you can look
> it up on Google Groups at rec.food.historic.

You'll find my piece, FWIW, at

  <http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-mer1.htm>.


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Michael Quinion
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