Re: [ADS-L] 1909

[Paul Johnston]

I certainly heard old codgers when I was growing up in Illinois
saying "Nineteen Ought Six."(known as the year of the All-Chicago
World Series)  My East Coast-born dad, who was born in that year,
always said "Nineteen Oh Six" though, which is what I say too.  I
think my grandmother, East Coast also, born in 1879, may have used
the form "nineteen six", however.

Paul Johnston
On Jan 15, 2010, at 10:02 PM, ronbutters at AOL.COM wrote:

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> Back in Ought Six, they said "Nineteen Ought Six," at least in
> Iowa. Didn't
> hear too many "Twenty Ought Sixes" though.
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> In a message dated 1/15/10 2:34:53 PM, wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM writes:
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>> I could be wrong, but in this case I very strongly doubt it. Despite
>> autosuggestive attempts to imagine them saying, "Nineteen six,"
>> "nineteen
>> nine," etc., it just sounds wrong.
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>> Of course, I have heard that formula from others, though I'm mostly
>> familiar
>> with it through films and fiction.
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>> JL
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