Timeline for Etymology of “dude” and progression in language
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| Jan 2, 2021 at 9:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackEnglish/status/1345293775963348992 | ||
| Apr 28, 2017 at 19:39 | comment | added | shim | I emailed Etymonline a link to this post and he quickly responded, "I learn a lot from that message board. They have time to dig into words that I don't. I'll check it out. Thanks for the tip." | |
| Sep 3, 2015 at 8:39 | answer | added | Sven Yargs | timeline score: 2 | |
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| Sep 3, 2015 at 1:17 | answer | added | PJB | timeline score: 1 | |
| May 28, 2011 at 11:42 | comment | added | hippietrail | The guy behind Etymonline is doing great work but he's not a lexicographer. He does the same kind of research we do, looking in the best dictionaries to find the etymologies. It should be no surprise that some of the etymologies on his site mirror the OED or other dictionaries. | |
| May 10, 2011 at 11:05 | comment | added | Marcin | @Callithumpian: I can't access the book by page - all I can do is search. Previously, it looked to me like page 102 was part of an 1882 edition. It seems on a search today that your information is correct in respect of this book. | |
| May 9, 2011 at 23:04 | comment | added | Callithumpian | @F'x: You're correct that the entire collection has issues from those years. However, the word dude occurs eight times in the "book"—seven times on p. 102 and once on p. 108. These all occur within the May 1883 issue (Vol. 2, No. 9) that runs from p. 97 to p. 108. I don't want to beat a dead horse, but I think it's really important, especially on this site, to back up antedating claims with solid evidence. | |
| May 9, 2011 at 22:05 | comment | added | F'x | @Callithumpian: I don't think so. I rather think this issue collects pieces from 1881 to 1883 (by searching for dates, you can find reproductions of all three years). | |
| May 9, 2011 at 22:00 | comment | added | Callithumpian | @Marcin: If you scroll up to page 97, you'll see that this reference is from a May 1883 issue of The Lehigh Burr. | |
| May 9, 2011 at 13:38 | comment | added | Marcin | is.gd/PYthN4 This appears to be a use from 1882. | |
| May 9, 2011 at 13:04 | comment | added | Callithumpian | @Marcin: I cordially challenge you to find a pre-1883 reference that does not fall into one of the categories mentioned in my previous comment. | |
| May 9, 2011 at 12:56 | comment | added | Marcin | @Callithumpian: I did take a look through. Some are mis-scans, many are not. | |
| May 9, 2011 at 12:34 | comment | added | Callithumpian | @Marcin: Take a closer look at those hits. Of the ten listed on the first page of your link I found five mis-scans, three uses of dude as done, one wrong date, and one surname. I think you'll find a similar pattern with the rest of the pre-1883 hits. | |
| May 9, 2011 at 6:54 | comment | added | Marcin | @Callithumpian: It's not just one book: is.gd/eAnlRT | |
| May 8, 2011 at 21:51 | comment | added | Callithumpian | @Marcin: I think Etymonline probably got the reference from OED. And while OED's not infallible, declaring a Fail with one Google Books Snippet View's questionable date seems premature. | |
| May 8, 2011 at 7:07 | vote | accept | F'x | ||
| May 7, 2011 at 0:50 | comment | added | Callithumpian | @F'x: Still not sure about that date. Using the search box at your link I can find 1883 within the text, but not 1880. | |
| May 6, 2011 at 20:35 | comment | added | F'x | @Callithumpian: link added | |
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| May 6, 2011 at 20:33 | comment | added | Callithumpian | @F'x: Do you have a link to an 1880 edition of Wit and Humor of the Age? I can only find that quote in an 1883 edition. | |
| May 6, 2011 at 17:08 | comment | added | Marcin | The OED online advances the exact same etymology (including the reference to 1883). OED Fail. | |
| May 6, 2011 at 14:16 | answer | added | F'x | timeline score: 11 | |
| May 5, 2011 at 21:07 | answer | added | HaL | timeline score: 14 | |
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| May 5, 2011 at 20:48 | history | asked | F'x | CC BY-SA 3.0 |