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[Barretts Mail]

Citation 1 is originally published in Australia but is the US publication. Citation 2 is a US publication. Citation 3 is a British writer. Citation 4 is an NPR article suggesting that “doggo” gained currency internationally from the Australian habit of using “-o” at the end of nouns. Citation 5—unclear. Citation 6 appears to be from the UK.

In any case, “doggo" is now widespread on the internet. BB

> On 25 Sep 2022, at 07:21, Dan Goncharoff <thegonch at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> A lot of these sites seem to be Australian.New Zealand.
> DanG
> 
> 
> On Sun, Sep 25, 2022 at 10:09 AM Barretts Mail <mail.barretts at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> The OED, Dictionary.com <http://dictionary.com/>, the HDAS, Wiktionary,
>> and Merriam-Webster have “doggo” meaning “in hiding.”
>> 
>> None of those except Wiktionary (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/doggo <
>> https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/doggo>) have the meaning of “dog.”
>> 
>> According to "Mi Dog Guide" (
>> https://midogguide.com/diseases/what-kind-of-dog-is-doggo.html <
>> https://midogguide.com/diseases/what-kind-of-dog-is-doggo.html>), “doggo”
>> was used in the early 1900s as a vocative for dogs. Certainly the word
>> appears in a lot of Google Books in wha appear to be usage for people as
>> well over the decades (I do not provide citations for this below).
>> 
>> The word seems to have taken off on the internet in just the past several
>> years, apparently in conjunction with the rise of doggolingo (citation 4
>> below), a jargon used by cynophiles. While citations can be found before
>> 2017, the YouTube hits really start about then and perhaps earlier
>> citations can be considered nonce or playful usage.
>> 
>> A glossary of doggolingo can be found in "DoggoLingo 101: Internet
>> Language of the Dogs” by Patrick Mull (https://tinyurl.com/5f7jm3fp <
>> https://tinyurl.com/5f7jm3fp>).
>> 
>> 1. Counting on Frank
>> Rod Clement
>> 1991
>> https://tinyurl.com/2p8dptfs <https://tinyurl.com/2p8dptfs>
>> 
>> ###
>> Frank will eat only Doggo dog food, so his human family must take along
>> enough to keep him fed and fit for their vacation in Hawaii. Frank eats two
>> cans of Doggo a day…
>> ###
>> 
>> 2. Walking, a Moving Experience
>> Herbert W Hobler
>> 1999
>> p 81
>> https://tinyurl.com/yck89cje <https://tinyurl.com/yck89cje>
>> 
>> ###
>> He introduced me to his Springer Spaniel Doggo. “Doggo?” said I…. “No,” he
>> responded, “that’s the name for dog in Vietnamese.”
>> ###
>> 
>> 3. Waiting For Doggo
>> Mark Mills
>> 2014
>> https://www.google.ca/books/edition/Waiting_For_Doggo/CrWnAwAAQBAJ?hl=en <
>> https://www.google.ca/books/edition/Waiting_For_Doggo/CrWnAwAAQBAJ?hl=en>
>> 
>> 4. Dogs Are Doggos: An Internet Language Built Around Love For The Puppers
>> Jessica Boddy
>> 23 Apr 2017
>> https://tinyurl.com/yc7x3ucz <https://tinyurl.com/yc7x3ucz>
>> 
>> 5. How to Speak Doggo
>> L. M. Campbell
>> 2019
>> https://www.google.ca/books/edition/How_to_Speak_Doggo/6lmPzAEACAAJ?hl=en
>> <https://www.google.ca/books/edition/How_to_Speak_Doggo/6lmPzAEACAAJ?hl=en
>>> 
>> 
>> 6. The Doggo Book
>> Alan Ira Gordon
>> 2021
>> https://www.google.ca/books/edition/The_Doggo_Book/Q7s5zgEACAAJ?hl=en <
>> https://www.google.ca/books/edition/The_Doggo_Book/Q7s5zgEACAAJ?hl=en>
>> 
>> Benjamin Barrett (he/his/him)
>> Formerly of Seattle, WA
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