OT: New Antedating of "Movie"

[Shapiro, Fred]

And volleyball was invented in Holyoke, Mass. ...

Fred Shapiro



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From: American Dialect Society [ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of Joel S. Berson [Berson at ATT.NET]
Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 10:46 AM
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Subject: Re: OT: New Antedating of "Movie"

At 5/14/2008 07:22 AM, Benjamin Zimmer wrote:
>Well done! But I guess this undermines my theory of "movies" as a
>Philadelphia innovation...
>
>http://blog.oup.com/2007/12/movies/

Wouldn't it be nice if this were Homer's Springfield.  But I'm
consoled that it's from my state of residence, and the city where
basketball is said to have been invented.  And possibly the first
written occurrence of American "baseball" (if we believe the
Pittsfield evidence).

Joel

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