Dating of "mud flap"?

[sagehen]

>At 9:14 AM -0400 7/12/05, Joel S. Berson wrote:
>>Sorry to be picky, but that should be "Rubens-esque", from the painter (as
>>it is in the Boston Phoenix).
>
>I'll grant the oddness of that -i-, but I'd vote for "Rubenesque"
>over "Rubensesque", given that English writers have voted with their
>fingers, and I assume tongues, on this one.  Google has 51,400 hits
>for the former vs. 789 for the latter.  (Or 916, if you allow the
>hyphen.)  Euphony has evidently prevailed over faithfulness.  (Not
>that I'll convince everyone; I'm sure Alison will line up with you on
>this one!)
>
>Larry
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Well, yeah, since you mention it, "Rubensesque," which ain't that hard to
say, does call PPRubens to mind more readily than Rubenesque, which sounds
more like corned-beef-&-sauerkraut (even though spelled differently)!
AM

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