[Ads-l] Antedating (?) Joe Soap

[Michael Quinion]

On 04/09/2016 16:09, Peter Morris wrote:

> "Joe Soap"
> World Wide Words has 1943 as thye earliest citation.
>
> http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-joe2.htm
>
> Here's one that appears to be from 1934.
>
> http://tinyurl.com/jlwhwuk
>
>
> Disclaimers about Google dating apply, but it appears right in this case.
> Searching 1934 in the text shows a date for publication.
>
> http://tinyurl.com/hqsuty8

Thank you. Another piece that now needs updating! I do wonder about a 
possible derivation of /Joe Soap/ from /no soap/. My piece mentions a 
possible connection with /dope/.

-- 
Michael Quinion, World Wide Words
http://www.worldwidewords.org


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