[Ads-l] on days ending in the letter Y

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

There is now a Quote Investigator article about the family of quips
mentioned in the subject line.

Quip Origin: Only On Days Ending With the Letter “Y”
https://quoteinvestigator.com/2024/01/29/letter-y/

[Begin acknowledgement]
Great thanks to Jonathan Lighter whose inquiry led QI to formulate
this question and perform this exploration. Jonathan Lighter, Steven
Losie, Laurence Horn, Betty Birner, and James Eric Lawson presented
valuable citations and comments. Lawson located the important 1931
citation.
[End acknowledgement]

Feedback welcome
Garson

On Tue, Dec 12, 2023 at 9:06 PM ADSGarson O'Toole
<adsgarsonotoole at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Excellent citations, James. Thanks for sharing them.
> Garson

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