[Ads-l] Heard: dialogue

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

John Baker wrote:
> I certainly remember kids saying this c. 1970.  Also, “I third the motion.”

Below is an instance from 1833 of "Me too" followed by "Me three". The
beginning of the article states that the text was copied "from a late
New York paper"; hence, an earlier citation probably exists.

I searched the Oxford English Dictionary and did not find a phrase
entry for "me three". There are 47 matches in the quotes, but none
seems pertinent.

Date: July 26, 1833
Newspaper: North Carolina Sentinel (Newbern Sentinel)
Newspaper Location: New Bern, North Carolina
Article: Black Hawk
Quote Page 1, Column 3
Database: Newspapers.com

[Begin excerpt]
Belinda, (sighing). —"Oh that heaven had made me such a man," as
Shakespeare says.

Arabella.—And me two, Belinda.

Amelia. And me three, Arabella. Only see him walk—what a majestic gait he has!
[End excerpt]

Garson



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> A: "I wanna ice cream cone!"
> B: "Me, too!"
> C: "Me, three!"
>
> #MeToo ... That should be #IAlso. ---Mr. Tweedly, censor from the
> Citizens Radio Committee.
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