Queer as folk (1872); Fire the gay linguists? (Richard Cohen, 1-17-05)

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QUEER AS FOLK
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I've been looking at THE OXFORD DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS by Elizabeth
Knowles. The sixth edition came out in September 2004.
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On page 632, "There is nowt so queer as folk" is given as "early 20th
century."
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(NEWSPAPERARCHIVE)
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     _ Gettysburg Times _
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Viewer.aspx?img=9cbxNIiVHYuKID/6NLMW2mj6fsBztgh/gqP9vk7XH4os8fAZDtJHFEIF+CsZYmrz)  Tuesday, July
14,  1936 _Gettysburg,_
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search=city:gettysburg+queer+as+folk+AND)   _Pennsylvania_
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search=state:pennsylvania+queer+as+folk+AND)
...may be in parts there's  nothing AS QUEER AS FOLK. Nancy led him along
a.....in his mind the old, Old truth that QUEER though  nature..
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(PROQUEST  HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS)
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_WATER FRAUDS.; Further Report from the Subcommittee of the Brooklyn  Fifty.
The Hempstead Storage Reservoir--Further Particulars Respecting the  Matter--A
Question of Veracity._
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entId=65882)
New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Jun  30, 1872. p. 3 (1
page)
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There is nothing so  queer as folks, and we simple-living country people can
hardly comprehend  such downright nonsense.

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_THE  GREWELTHORPE FEUD._
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clientId=65882)
New York Times (1857-Current  file). New York, N.Y.: May 15, 1881. p. 3 (1
page)

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"Weel! there's nou't sae wueer as folks!"
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FIRE THE GAY LINGUISTS?
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That's after we kill all the lawyers.
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>From a Richard Cohen story about the "gay" President Lincoln, in yesterdays
newspapers.
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_New York Daily News - News & Views Columnists - Richard Cohen  ..._
(http://www.nydailynews.com/news/col/story/272255p-233116c.html)
... evolution is today. Facts do  not matter when faith is at stake. Fire the
gay  linguists. Originally published on January 17, 2005. ...
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