"Big Apple" antedating

[Wilson Gray]

David Ruffin? Didn't he used to sing with The Temptations?

-Wilson

On Jan 25, 2008 5:37 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
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> Sorry, it's been a long day.  Struggling with the 1674 text "Thus by
> these Famacides who are so minutely curious, I am dejected from my
> hopes, whilst they challenge the freedom of David's Ruffins, [sic]
> Our tongues are our own, who shall controll us"  and how David's
> ruffians are related to our tongues are our own.
>
> 1840's should be 1940's, of course.
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> Joel
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> At 1/25/2008 05:29 PM, Sam Clements wrote:
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> >From: "Joel S. Berson" <Berson at ATT.NET>
> >Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 5:19 PM
> >Subject: Re: "Big Apple" antedating
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> >>>Good point.  When an uncle went to Los Angeles as one of Bob Hope's
> >>gag writers in the 1840's, they remarked how it was all orange groves.
> >>
> >>Joel
> >
> >Hey!  I know most of Hope's jokes go back quite a ways, but.......
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> >Sam Clements
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