[Ads-l] Further Antedating of "Bikini"

[Nancy Friedman]

"Lastex" is OK: it's a type of elastic yarn introduced in the 1930s. But
"minuscule" is misspelled, as it often is.

~Nancy Friedman

On Fri, Jul 29, 2022, 7:21 PM Mark Mandel <markamandel at gmail.com> wrote:

> They really needed a copyeditor. Besides "desigend", I count three typos or
> misspellings in the second paragraph in the right-hand column:
> >>>>>
> Heim has given up the bare middle
> for swimming in favor of a *lastex*
> sheath that's guaranteed to withstand
> a fast *jacknife*. One white one is cut
> short at the back and has a fancy bust
> *decoratoin* of loosely crocheted white
> braid (no lining there).
> <<<<<
> MAM
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 29, 2022, 10:06 PM ADSGarson O'Toole <
> adsgarsonotoole at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Mark Mandel wrote:
> > > How does this fit, if at all, with these definitions of "brimborion"
> > (from
> > > https://www.wordnik.com/words/brimborion
> >
> > Here is a link to a clipping of the full article. The word “designed"
> > is misspelled as "desigend". The article begins with the following
> > text:
> >
> > https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106580214/brimborion-bikini/
> >
> > ...
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