[Ads-l] Antedating of "Yo" (Greeting)

[Ben Zimmer]

Are we counting "Yo, Adrian" (among various other "yo"'s) in _Rocky_
(1976)?

On Thu, Jul 24, 2025 at 6:45 PM ADSGarson O'Toole <
00001aa1be50b751-dmarc-request at listserv.uga.edu> wrote:

> The same greetings appeared in an earlier comic strip
> Correction: There were no exclamation marks in this strip.
>
> Date: August 18, 1979
> Newspaper: The Modesto Bee
> Newspaper Location: Modesto, California
> Section: Comics (Date on comic section is August 19, 1979)
> Comic Strip Title: The Born Loser
> Comic Strip Artist: Art Sansom
> Quote Page Unnumbered 6
> Database: Newspapers.com
>
> https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-modesto-bee-yohurricane/177388717/
>
> [Begin excerpt]
> Panel 01
>  YO, BRUTUS.
>  YO, HURRICANE.
>
> Panel 03
>  CARE FOR A BANANA, HURRICANE?
> [End excerpt]
>
> On Thu, Jul 24, 2025 at 6:41 PM ADSGarson O'Toole
> <adsgarsonotoole at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > The same greetings appeared in an earlier comic strip
> >
> > Date: August 18, 1979
> > Newspaper: The Modesto Bee
> > Newspaper Location: Modesto, California
> > Section: Comics (Date on comic section is August 19, 1979)
> > Comic Strip Title: The Born Loser
> > Comic Strip Artist: Art Sansom
> > Quote Page Unnumbered 6
> > Database: Newspapers.com
> >
> https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-modesto-bee-yohurricane/177388717/
> >
> > [Begin excerpt]
> > Panel 01
> >  YO, BRUTUS!
> >  YO, HURRICANE!
> >
> > Panel 03
> >  CARE FOR A BANANA, HURRICANE?
> > [End excerpt]
> >
>

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