Antedating of "yeah" - sort of

[Stephen Goranson]

Oops, Yeah, I should've checked further before posting. Lots of google
stuff in
series apparently gives the first volume date for the whole serial.
SG


Quoting Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at YAHOO.COM>:

> Thanks, Stephen. I tried to verify the ex. and found the correct
> date, as indicated on the title page, to be "1948."
>
>  JL
> Stephen Goranson <goranson at DUKE.EDU> wrote:
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> google advanced book search (yeah yes date -1800) gives the text below
> as 1798,
> United States Reports: Cases Adjuged in the Supreme Court Page 575
> by United States Supreme Court, Courts, Pennsylvania Courts- 1798:
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> "Q. Yes. You picked up the hammer. Where was the hammer? A. It was on
> the dish
> closet." "Q. On the dish closet? A. Yeah." "Q. In what room? ...
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> Stephen Goranson
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