Junior High

Sun Jan 10 02:23:10 UTC 2010

Wel, that certainly precedes the naming of Junior Seau of the NE
Patriots. And his name isn't even a pun.

-Wilson

On Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 9:58 AM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
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> <font size=3>At 1/9/2010 09:38 AM, Bill Palmer wrote:<br>
> <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Today's Raleigh News &
> Observer reveals that in 1921, Mr & Mrs. Loomis High of Wilson NC
> named their new little boy "Junior".</blockquote><br>
> I wondered, so ... the OED's earliest citation for "junior high
> school" is 1909.  Like other fads, it was probably popular for
> a while.<br><br>
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