Antedating of "Movie"

[Joel S. Berson]

At 12/1/2007 11:00 PM, Benjamin Zimmer wrote:
>Great find, Fred. The early (legitimate) "movie" cites seem to be
>clustering around Philadelphia. So far we've got:
>
>1/8/11: Philadelphia Inquirer
>3/24/11: Bucks County (Pa.) Gazette
>8/1/11: Washington Post (from Philadelphia Inquirer)
>8/18/11: Warren (Pa.) Evening Mirror
>
>Other cites given here:
>http://listserv.linguistlist.org/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0412E&L=ADS-L&P=R360

Shouldn't one be cautious about evidence only from America's
Historical Newspapers?  I think it (or perhaps it's the Gale 19th
Century Newspapers?) does not have papers from a number of cities,
for example in Massachusetts.

Joel

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