documentate!!

Benjamin Zimmer bgzimmer at RCI.RUTGERS.EDU
Tue Mar 29 02:58:25 UTC 2005


On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 14:10:12 -0800, Jonathan Lighter
<wuxxmupp2000 at YAHOO.COM> wrote:

>Me too. Or "me three" as the case may be.  (Not in OED but undoubtedly
>ancient.)

Proquest has it back to 1958, though Barry's kid-lore collections can
probably beat that.

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Los Angeles Times, Jun 13, 1958, p. A5
Mrs. C.C., Los Angeles, would like to donate without buying candy, and
G.B., Los Angeles adds "Me three!" to another's antiselling "Me too."
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--Ben Zimmer



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