Slang Jang (1901)

[Benjamin Zimmer]

On 10/18/06, Bapopik at aol.com <Bapopik at aol.com> wrote:
>
> "Slang Jang" appears to be from Texas. I'm seeing it in many cookbooks. Ben
> Zimmer reported on it here, but it appears one week earlier in
> Newspaperarchive.
> ...
> 17 August 1901, Commerce (TX) Journal, pg. 2, col. 2:
> About fifteen couples enjoyed a "slang jang" party at Iceland Monday night,
> where dancing and music was had until a late hour. All report a most pleasant
> time with the "slang jang" as delicious.
[...]
> (ADS-L POST BY BEN ZIMMER)
> _http://listserv.linguistlist.org/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0509A&L=ADS-L&P=R13510&I=-3
[...]
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> 1901 _Commerce Journal_ (Texas)  23 Aug. 6[?]/2 About fifteen couples
> enjoyed a "slang jang" party at Iceland  Monday night, where dancing and
> music was had until a late hour. All report a  most pleasant time with the
> "slang jang" as  delicious.

As these are identical cites, this appears to be another
Newspaperarchive snafu. The page images are also identical, without
visible dating or pagination. The version that NPA dates as Aug. 23
has a p. 1 where that date is visible -- the Aug. 17 version looks
like it might simply be a misdated duplication of the Aug. 23 paper.
But this is one of those cases where we'd have to go to the microfilm
to get accurate cite info.


--Ben Zimmer

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