[Ads-l] ADS-L Digest - 21 Sep 2021 to 22 Sep 2021 (#2021-103)

[Amy West]

On 9/23/21 00:00, ADS-L automatic digest system wrote:
> Date:    Wed, 22 Sep 2021 07:09:20 -0400
> From:    Jonathan Lighter<wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM>
> Subject: Note on "zombie"
>
> 1788: OED
>
> 1791_Salem Gazette_  (June 21) 3 {shipping news]:
>
> ENTERED                             FROM
>
> Sch'r Sallys, Wellman            St. Eustatia
> ...
> Sloop Zombie, Knight            Cape-Francois
>
> "Cape-Francois"  (Cap-Fancais) is, naturally, in Haiti. It is now
> "Cap-Haitien."
>
> And that's the Salem, MASSACHUSETTS_Gazette_.
>
> Coincidence?
>
> JL

Nope, because before the modern witch promotion popularity, Salem was a 
very wealthy major trading port. Lots of stuff about it at the Peabody 
Essex Museum.

(Yeah, I'm totally being a killjoy here.)

But cool citation, and Salem will be very proud of it.

---Amy West

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