fun with phrases

[Jonathan Lighter]

"It's part of who I am."

Nothin' nowhere before a likely 1975 in GB, with some in the '80s.

Many in the '90s, more than 500 since 2000.

JL

On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 8:57 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 9:28 AM, Jonathan Lighter
> <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>"But, wait! There's more!"
> >
> > A clear ex. (in a magazine ad) from 1915, something of a jump after 1940,
> a
> > rising tide after 1980.
> >
> > "You won't believe your eyes!"
> >
> > ECCO finds one from about 1713 [!]. Then there's nothing till an ex. in
> an
> > 1886 novel by George Gissing; a low baseline of use from the '20s through
> > the '60s (almost exclusively in ads), then the lid blows off.
> >
>
> "(Coming up) next! … reveal(s) the *shocking* result / answer /
> outcome / solution / etc.!"
>
> "?A? ?A? ?Aah! Don't touch that dial! / ,,, change that channel!"
>
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> -Wilson
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> All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"---a strange complaint
> to come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
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