[Ads-l] Antedating of "Pig Latin"

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pig Latin (OED, 2., 1896)

1895 Evening Dispatch (Provo City, Utah) 27 Apr. 1 / 2 (Newspapers.com)

The words are spelled after the style of schoolboy "pig-latin" ... Thus the word "there" in "pig-latin" would be "ereth."

Fred Shapiro

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