Timeline for What is the origin and use of "remember me to her/him"?
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| Apr 18, 2011 at 5:02 | vote | accept | gbutters | ||
| Apr 18, 2011 at 1:34 | comment | added | Callithumpian | @gbutters: Because the phrase I entered has three words, Google Ngrams calls it a 3-gram. The y-axis of the graph above indicates the percentage of 3-grams, or three-word groupings, in all of the millions of texts scanned into Google books that equal remember me to. You can find more explanation of this here. Really an amazing tool. | |
| Apr 17, 2011 at 17:30 | comment | added | gbutters | The graph above is pretty amazing. What is the rational for the use of such minute percentages? Also, I agree that it is a much more personal and meaningful way of giving regards to someone than saying "Tell him I said hi". | |
| Apr 17, 2011 at 0:39 | history | edited | Callithumpian | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 16, 2011 at 16:35 | history | answered | Callithumpian | CC BY-SA 3.0 |