"Oh fay" = "au fait" (1899)--(Request for Douglas Wilson's additional examples)

[Cohen, Gerald Leonard]

A few more examples? By all means, please share them with ads-l.

Gerald Cohen

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> From:         American Dialect Society on behalf of Douglas G. Wilson
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> Subject:           "Oh fay" = "au fait" (1899)
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>  From N'archive: here is "oh fay", presumably an alternate spelling of "au
> fait" = "appropriate"/"in style", referring to attire:
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> I've found a couple of other instances of "au fait" spelled "oh fay" in the late 19th century.
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> -- Doug Wilson
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