execution-style

[Jonathan Lighter]

"Gangland-style" would this seem to have two almost opposite nuances.

JL

On Sun, Nov 4, 2012 at 12:30 PM, Dan Goncharoff <thegonch at gmail.com> wrote:

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> I am finding of interest the differences between "execution-style" and
> "gangland-style"
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> The earliest example of "execution-style" I see is 1946, referring to a
> "mass-lynching" of four black men.
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> http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=q08sAAAAIBAJ&sjid=HMsEAAAAIBAJ&dq=execution-style&pg=5384%2C3288130
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> I have found references to "Chinese execution style" going back to 1957:
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> http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=N8MyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=vOoFAAAAIBAJ&dq=execution-style&pg=3855%2C5862396
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> Chinese executions seem to lose the modifier sometime during the 60s.
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> Gangland-style seems to refer to an execution in a public place, usually
> with a Tommy gun, and is easily traced back to 1930, and I would think
> earlier.
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> DanG
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> On Sun, Nov 4, 2012 at 11:38 AM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu
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> > execution-style
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