Timeline for What is the origin of the term "post" as in "post a journal to the general ledger"?
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| Mar 8 at 17:14 | history | edited | Spehro 'speff' Pefhany | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Mar 8 at 17:12 | comment | added | Spehro 'speff' Pefhany | @AndrewLeach Indeed, standards are higher here. I will edit it manually when I get a chance (or maybe someone with electronic access will provide a better answer and this one can be deleted). | |
| Mar 8 at 17:10 | comment | added | Andrew Leach♦ | @SpehroPefhany These connections are best made explicit in your post: what does the OED Compact Edition actually say? | |
| Mar 8 at 16:42 | comment | added | Spehro 'speff' Pefhany | There's a later reference from Rowland's "Looke to it: for, Ile stabbe ye. 1604" - the online text is horribly OCRd but it reads (according to the OED print edition) "You that for all your diet with your Hoast, Do set your hand in Chalke vnto his Poast". | |
| Mar 8 at 16:32 | comment | added | Spehro 'speff' Pefhany | @EdwinAshworth The tavern door post history and accompanying Shakespeare quote are taken directly from the OED Compact print edition. They do not directly make the connection with bookkeeping but it seems like a logical conclusion. I'll see if there's a later reference. | |
| Mar 8 at 16:28 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | Have you a reference supporting the this interesting theory? The Shakespeare quote doesn't seem very conclusive. | |
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| Mar 8 at 16:01 | history | answered | Spehro 'speff' Pefhany | CC BY-SA 4.0 |