[Ads-l] Antedating of "FUBAR"

[Laurence Horn]

> On Aug 26, 2024, at 4:15 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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> Anybody named Snafu?
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> JL

Seems unlikely, but there more than a few named Fido…

LH
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> On Mon, Aug 26, 2024 at 3:16 PM Bill Mullins <amcombill at hotmail.com> wrote:
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>>> Is it possible that "Pvt. Roger Fubar" was not a
>>> pseudonym, but a genuine name?
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>> The genealogical database Familysearch.org has several people listed with
>> the  last name "Fubar".
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>> For example, 40 year old washerwoman Cassie Fubar and her 12 year old son
>> Lon Fubar lived in Monroe City GA in 1930.  17 year old laborer Abner Fubar
>> was in Gardiner, NY in 1855.
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