more on recency

[Towse]

The ad may also just have been aping Hawaii Five-O's, "Book 'em, Danno"

 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaii_Five-O>

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On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 4:57 PM, James Harbeck <jharbeck at sympatico.ca> wrote:
> By the way, for another good example of the recency illusion, visit
> http://www.airliners.net/aviation-forums/general_aviation/read.main/4094142/
> and read the comments, particularly this one:
>
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> Something that caught my eye is :"...so book 'em...". We hear so much
> about the bastardization of the English language but I never realized
> that the culprits have always been around. I don't know how old this
> is but most of the airline ads I have seen from the 1950s and 60s
> have used what can only be called 'proper' language.
> ----
>
> I'm not a member of this board, so I couldn't respond and tell the
> poster how "'em" is of longer pedigree in English than "them."
>
> James Harbeck.
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