Q: soixante neuf

Fri Oct 30 15:32:29 UTC 2009

That Randiana link makes interesting use of XXC to mean 80. Anybody know if
that was standard at one time or is still obscurely in use, or is perhaps
just wrong?
DAD

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On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 10:29 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
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>> I'm still waiting for someone -- anyone! -- to address my questions,
>> which are about dating (before 1888).
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How about 1884 for the term "Sixty-Nine" in the book _Randiana_.  It is
online here:

http://www.folklore.ms/html/books_and_MSS/1880s/1884_randiana/index.htm

According to Ashbee, Vol. 3, p. 485, the first edition of _Randiana_ was
published in 1884 by William Lazenby and Edward Avery.

It also appears in Vols. 8, 10, and 11 of _My Secret Life_ (1888-1894):

http://www.folklore.ms/html/books_and_MSS/1880s/1888_my_secret_life/vol_08/i
ndex.htm
http://www.folklore.ms/html/books_and_MSS/1880s/1888_my_secret_life/vol_10/i
ndex.htm
http://www.folklore.ms/html/books_and_MSS/1880s/1888_my_secret_life/vol_11/i
ndex.htm

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