FW: Even more antedating of The Dictionary of Modern Proverbs

[Garson O'Toole]

Very fine work by Barry. Thanks for sharing this Jerry. The movie
quote is excellent, and the 1881 cite for "The dinner bell is always
in tune" in the following form is quite nice:

De dinner-bell’s always in chune.

The Dictionary of Modern Proverbs is a magnificent reference that was
assembled over a period of years. Everyone should buy one!

Garson

On Sat, Apr 21, 2012 at 7:49 PM, Cohen, Gerald Leonard <gcohen at mst.edu> wrote:
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> Gerald Cohen
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> From: Barry Popik [mailto:bapopik at aol.com]
> Sent: Sat 4/21/2012 5:38 PM
> Subject: Even more antedating of The Dictionary of Modern Proverbs
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> OK, so I was looking some more at the free Google Books preview for THE
> DICTIONARY OF MODERN PROVERBS. There's an entry for "If you aren't the
> lead dog, the scenery (view) never changes." The book's earliest cite
> is 1980.
> ...
> It's on my website, where I credit Robert Benchley's well known line in
> the Bob Hope-Bing Crosby movie THE ROAD TO UTOPIA (1946). I also have
> some Lewis Grizzard cites for it. Really nice work that people should
> know about. Now Google "lead dog" and "never changes" and see if my
> website is anywhere. Now try Bing, where I believe that my nowhere
> website is on the first page.
> ...
> Barry Popik
> Austin, TX
> www.barrypopik.com
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> http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/if_youre_not_the_lead_dog_the_view_never_changes/
> ...
> GOOGLE BOOKS
> The Dictionary of Modern Proverbs
> books.google.comMR Charles Clay Doyle - 2012 - Preview
> If you aren't the lead dog, the scenery (view) never changes. 1980 Paul
> Dickson, The Official Explanations (New York: Delacorte) 202: "Sgt.
> Preston's Law of the Wild: The scenery only changes for the lead dog."
> 1985 Washington Post 13
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Barry Popik bapopik at aol.com
> Sent: Sat, Apr 21, 2012 5:02 am
> Subject: The Dictionary of Modern Proverbs is already on Google Books
> (and already antedated at least once)
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> http://barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/the_dinner_bell_is_always_in_tune/
> ...
> The Dictionary of Modern Proverbs is already searchable on Google
> Books. I was looking for "the dinner bell is always in tune." The book has 1938, but
> I found it from at least 1883...No page numbers are available.
> ...
> <snip>.
> ...
> Barry Popik
> Austin, TX
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