Dads and Grads (Grads and Dads)

[Bapopik at AOL.COM]

DADS AND GRADS--773,000 Google hits
GRADS AND DADS--1,880,000 Google hits
...
It's that time of year when I hear about "the perfect gift for dads and
grads." Students graduate and it's near Father's Day. Poor mom.
...
I would have guessed that "dads and grads" is more popular, but "grads and
dads" has more Google hits.
...
The advertising industry appears to have picked up the sales pitch in the
late 1930s.
...
...
...
_Display  Ad 31 -- No Title_
(http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?index=0&did=247974682&SrchMode=1&sid=1&Fmt=10&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=HNP&TS=1149974
808&clientId=65882)
The Washington Post  (1877-1954). Washington, D.C.: Jun 9, 1938. p. X30 (1
page)
...
For Dads and Grads!
(...)
Argus Camera
(...)
The Hecht Co.
...
...
...
_Display  Ad 109 -- No Title_
(http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?index=0&did=409341851&SrchMode=1&sid=1&Fmt=10&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=HNP&TS=114997
5063&clientId=65882)
Los Angeles Times (1886-Current  File). Los Angeles, Calif.: Jun 2, 1940. p.
I17 (1 page)
...
The Ideal Gift
FOR GRADS AND DADS!
(...)
DIRECTOR FAMOUS
8-FEATURE Billfold
...
...
...
     _Galveston Daily News, The_
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Viewer.aspx?img=Pf2/SIh9fJOKID/6NLMW2vvS3dtIGM25SMZ7/puAG/LOujv0hQrpwkIF+CsZYmrz)
_Sunday, May 22, 1938_
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search="for+grads+and+dads"+AND+date:1938-05-22)  _Galveston,_
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search="for+grads+and+dads"+AND+cityid:10741+AND+stateid:94+AND+r
ange:1759-1940)  _Texas_
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search="for+grads+and+dads"+AND+stateid:94+AND+range:1759-1940)   FOR  GRADS AND DADS
SHAVEMASTER quick, closn,  comFORtable shave the first nmt week or the ...

------------------------------------------------------------
The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org