The World hates Barry, part 2731

[Jesse Sheidlower]

On Thu, Jan 04, 2007 at 06:43:59PM -0500, Baker, John wrote:
>         So that's why shaggy dog story is still listed from 1946, with
> origin unknown or uncertain.  Fred Shapiro and I found a 1937 Esquire
> article that discusses them and suggests that they take their name from
> a prototype joke about a shaggy dog, see

Yes, we have this in our files, don't worry. This issue came
up last time as well.

Jesse Sheidlower
OED

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