Antedatings of "Goth" & "Gothic"

[Fred Shapiro]

On Wed, 29 Mar 2006, Jonathan Lighter wrote:

> Great minds think alike. I directed one and all to that site back in
> October in my "History of the Goths" post.

Sorry!  I guess Barry is not the only one whose posts are tragically
neglected.

Fred Shapiro


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