[Ads-l] Another country heard from.
Jonathan Lighter
wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM
Tue Jan 14 14:38:42 UTC 2020
This formerly well-known phrase ('That opinion or remark is impudent or
otherwise uncalled-for') isn't in OED.
1883 _Seattle Post-Intelligencer_, in _Daily Astorian_ (Dec.23) 3: Another
Country Heard From.
1904 _Macon Telegraph_ (Apr. 5) 1: "Another Country Heard From."
1914 _Ft. Worth Star Telegram_ (Dec. 13) 2: Election Slang...."Another
country heard from" originated during the Hayes-Tilden combat [1876] as a
result of the slow returns from contested Southern states.
Etc., etc.
JL
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