[Ads-l] Who ya gonna call?

[Ben Zimmer]

Rev. Warnock himself tweeted it as "Lottie Dottie and everybody."

https://twitter.com/ReverendWarnock/status/1599154331433209856

The news databases have examples going back to 1961, e.g.:

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New Journal and Guide (Norfolk, Va.), Aug. 5, 1961, p. B15 [Proquest]
And the plan through which the committee will include Lottie, Dottie, and
Everybody as members is an excellent one.
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https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114266435/lottie-dottie-and-everybody/
Philadelphia Daily News, Dec. 5, 1961, p. 37
They know that she has done all the daily chores and is just waiting for
them to get home so she can go here, there and everywhere to visit Lottie,
Dottie, and everybody.
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On Wed, Dec 7, 2022 at 4:09 PM Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> A quick Google suggests you're right, with at least one ex. from 2015.
>
> JL
>
> On Wed, Dec 7, 2022 at 4:03 PM Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Maybe  but I didn't hear the expected pause between putative "Lottie" and
> > "Dottie."
> >
> > JL
> >
> > On Wed, Dec 7, 2022 at 12:31 PM Margaret Lee <
> > 0000006730deb3bf-dmarc-request at listserv.uga.edu> wrote:
> >
> >>  Could Warnock have meant, "call Lottie, Dottie" and everybody?
> >>     On Tuesday, December 6, 2022 at 11:39:23 AM EST, Dan Goncharoff <
> >> thegonch at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>  You mean, like the song?
> >>
> >> https://youtu.be/icBflcYZhpo
> >>
> >> On Tue, Dec 6, 2022, 8:16 AM Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> > Raphael Warnock on getting out the vote:
> >> >
> >> > "Call your father and your mother, your sister and your brother. Call
> >> > Lah-Di-Dah-Di and everybody."
>

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