[Ads-l] Antedating of "yo" (greeting)

[John Baker]

That book does have a 1959 copyright. I’m not sure if this is the same sense of “yo.”


John Baker


> On Jul 25, 2025, at 3:40 PM, James Landau <00000c13e57d49b8-dmarc-request at listserv.uga.edu> wrote:
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> I recall seeing "yo" used as a greeting in at least one of the 87th Precinct stories by Ed McBain (pseud. for Evan Hunter).  I can't locate the one I remember, but Google Books gives a 1959 occurrence (and yes I know the problems with dating snippet views in Google Books).
> https://www.google.com/books/edition/Til_Death/BVtRAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=yo%2Bed+mcbain&dq=yo%2Bed+mcbain&printsec=frontcover
> James Landau
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