Cyber Monday

[Baker, John]

        Actually, I believe that Thursday was a traditional day for
thanksgiving celebrations, long before Lincoln's 1863 Thanksgiving
proclamation.

John Baker


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From: American Dialect Society [mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf
Of Joel S. Berson
Sent: Monday, November 28, 2005 3:51 PM
To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: Re: Cyber Monday

At 11/28/2005 03:41 PM, you wrote:
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> >         I meant to write "the Monday after Thanksgiving," of course.
> > Thanksgiving fell on a Thursday this year.
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>Fell on Thursday last year, too, as I recall.

But not before 1864, I think.