[Ads-l] "Inside voice" and "outside voice"

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

Interesting topic. Nice work, Steven. Here is a slightly earlier citation.

Date: October 19, 1950
Newspaper: Hooker County Tribune
Newspaper Location: Mullen, Nebraska
Article: Mullen Grade School
Quote Page 4, Column 2
Database: Newspapers.com

[Begin excerpt]
Kindergarten News-
. . .
Musical games are such fun that we all take part willingly. We are
trying to remember our inside and our outside voices.
[End excerpt]

Garson

On Fri, Jun 7, 2024 at 1:05 PM Steven Losie <stevenlosie at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> The OED does not have entries for "inside voice" or "outside voice" in the
> sense of the volume of speaking that is considered appropriate for indoor
> versus outdoor conversation.
>
> Merriem-Webster gives 1976 as the year of first use of "inside voice",
> while Dictionary.com dates "inside voice" to 1975-80. Here is the earliest
> instance of the terms that I could find:
>
> [begin quote]
> A number of households we know have benefited greatly from the rules set up
> in kindergarten where an "inside voice" and an "outside voice" are insisted
> upon.
> [end quote]
>
> Source: Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug 1952, Part 2 Page 1, col.5 (ProQuest
> Historical Newspapers)
> Article title: A Child Can Be Taught to Speak Softly; Your Example Helps,
> Too
> Author: Marcia Winn
>
> Note that ProQuest gives the page number as "A1", but as written on the
> page, it is given as "Part 2 — Page 1".
>
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