"whistleblower" history

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

Ben Zimmer wrote:
>
> For my Wall Street Journal column I wrote about the history of the term
> "whistleblower":
>
> http://on.wsj.com/whistlebz
>
> In my Word Routes followup, I provide some more background, including cites
> discovered by Garson O'Toole, Barry Popik, and Victor Steinbok:
>
> http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wordroutes/a-whistlestop-tour-of-whistleblowers/

Fascinating, well-researched, well-written, and topical articles, Ben.
The WSJ, Visual Thesaurus, and readers are lucky to have you. Thanks
for the acknowledgment.
Garson

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