[Ads-l] Another 1969 Antedating of "Trekkie"
Shapiro, Fred
fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU
Sat Feb 23 01:56:21 UTC 2019
I meant to type "pointed ears."
Fred Shapiro
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From: Shapiro, Fred
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Subject: Another 1969 Antedating of "Trekkie"
Trekkie (OED 1976)
1969 _Dayton Daily News_ 28 July 7/1 (Newspapers.com) No funny hats and rubber drunks at the Midwestcon. One or two fans of the television show, "Star Trek" -- called "Trekkies" -- showed up wearing pointed hears, but missing are the more obvious eccentrics the mass media mischief messengers like to write about.
Fred Shapiro
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