[Ads-l] waygoose and wake-goose

[Stephen Goranson]

OED's Word of the Day is wayzgoose. Wayzgoose and waygoose entries were updated in Dec. 2015.

Previously, in posts to this list (some linked below; there are others also) I cited texts that suggest waygoose came from wake-goose.


Stephen Goranson

http://people.duke.edu/~goranson/

http://listserv.linguistlist.org/pipermail/ads-l/2012-November/123209.html

http://listserv.linguistlist.org/pipermail/ads-l/2013-March/125853.html

https://books.google.com/books?id=-FwRAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA134&dq=%22wake+goose%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=ex02UePuKZLa8wSw44DoAg&ved=0CDcQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=%22wake%20goose%22&f=false


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