[Ads-l] IRL

[Jonathan Lighter]

Correctly, "Duke of Oil."

JL

On Thu, Nov 21, 2019 at 7:13 AM Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

> > the Duke of IRL
>
> Up high,Larry!
>
> On Wed, Nov 20, 2019 at 7:53 PM Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>
> wrote:
>
> > Who will be the Duke of IRL?
> >
> > On Wed, Nov 20, 2019 at 5:06 PM Jesse Sheidlower <jester at panix.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > > On Wed, Nov 20, 2019 at 04:39:42PM -0500, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> > > > 'In real life':
> > > >
> > > > 2019
> > > >
> > >
> >
> https://medium.com/@davescheirer/midway-movie-live-action-from-1976-versus-cgi-from-2019-3c6a17abe506
> > > >
> > > > IRL (in real life), no Avengers flew from carriers during the Battle
> of
> > > > Midway.  -
> > > >
> > > > 2004 in UrbanD.
> > >
> > > And 1988 in OED:
> > >
> > > 1988 _Hershey Fonts_ in _comp.sources.wanted_ (Usenet newsgroup) 18
> Jan.
> > > INTERNET: msn at bikini.cis.ufl.edu I.R.L. Michael S. Newsome. 3632 NW
> 4th
> > > Pl. [etc.].
> > >
> > > Antedating from Garson or Ben in 3, 2, 1....
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