[Ads-l] Antedating of "Geronimo"

[Jonathan Lighter]

You're correct. I need stronger glasses.

JL

On Sun, Jan 1, 2023 at 10:34 AM ADSGarson O'Toole <adsgarsonotoole at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Here is a link to the article which credits Private Aubrey Eberhardt
> with first using the term during a parachute jump.
>
> Article title: Paramount's 1939 western GERONIMO ... a forgotten movie
> with a giant legacy
> Author: Ed Howard
> https://www.b-westerns.com/geronimo.htm
>
> The above link was posted by Peter Reitan back in January 2017.
> https://listserv.linguistlist.org/pipermail/ads-l/2017-January/146001.html
>
> Bill Mullins posted a citation dated April 29, 1941 for Geronimo back
> in October 2016. I cannot find a citation dated April 19, 1941 from
> Bill for Geronimo.
>
> https://listserv.linguistlist.org/pipermail/ads-l/2016-October/144693.html
>
> Garson
>
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