social interaction

[Kathy Seal]

 Any idea when the term "social interaction" came into use? A fellow writer wants to use it in a dialog taking place in the 1930s but others think it wasn't yet in use and is a more recent term.

Kathy Seal
---- Wilson Gray <wilson.gray at RCN.COM> wrote:
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> Hmm. That's a clear possibility in my case, too. At the time when I
> opened foot and inserted mouth, Hank *Ballard* & The Midnighters, who
> popularized "work" as a slang synonym for "engage in sexual
> intercourse," were one of the top R&B singing groups. You never can
> tell, I guess.
>
> -Wilson
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> >East Tennessee may have more R's per capita than any other area.
> >I've never heard any of your other exx., but "ballard" may be
> >influenced by the surname "Ballard."
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> >JL
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> >>I've heard "ballard" several times from white Southerners of varying ages.
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> >>JL
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> >I recommend that no attempt be made to show them the error of their ways. ;-)
> >
> >But seriously, folks, why is it that people whose dialect is
> >otherwise r-less say things like ballard, jurdge, murch, and even
> >things like "such" = "search," but "search" = "such."
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> >-Wilson Gray
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> >>"Ballards," title of a 1962 album by the Texas bluesman, Charles
> >>"Good-Time Charlie" Brown.
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> >>This particular overcorrection is used in speech as well as in
> >>writing. I once advised a friend of mine, likewise a black native of
> >>Texas, that the word is [bael at d], not [bael at rd]. I should have kept
> >>my advice to myself. Some people you just can't talk to.
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> >>-Wilson Gray
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