"blue laws" & extraneous spaces

[Joel S. Berson]

At 9/29/2010 03:03 AM, Wilson Gray wrote:
> > 1)  "Bluenoses" in the 18th century?  The OED has this from 1927.
> >
> > 2)   _"Blue movies"_ -- let alone any movies -- in the 18th century?
>
>Another obvious question is,
>To what "rigid moral codes" did/do "blue" movies ever adhere?
>Apparently, the author quoted by Joel has no real knowledge of what
>was meant when a movie was qualified as "blue."

Quite right -- a different use of "blue".

I'll fix these two errors also in the next day or two.

But I still need help for the spaces around "Connecticut".

Joel

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