Mutt

[Joel S. Berson]

At 8/12/2012 10:38 PM, Garson O'Toole wrote:
>About one decade later the theory that "mutt" was derived from
>"muttonhead" was discussed or alluded to in the cites below. Of
>course, the suggested analysis may be a flawed reconstruction.

The 1911 and 1912 explanations of "mutt" that Garson found are also
only 3-4 years after the (1908) syndication of Mutt and Jeff.  Did
Fisher's character need explication?

Joel

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