Date:  Fri, 28 Jan 1994 14:21:13 EST

From:  Larry Horn <LHORN[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]YALEVM.CIS.YALE.EDU>

Subject: <No subject given>



Hi, y'all. Something new to track down, this one per request of Linda

Shrieves, the de facto pop linguistics columnist of the Orlando Sentinel, who

helped make the quest for ...NOT famous a little over a year ago. This time

she's wondering if anyone can track down the source, or at least a

representative sample of early citations, for "Been there. Done that." as now

used in, inter alia, commercials and no doubt popular movies and TV shows. It

seems to me that I've come across a reference (Safire? Something here or on

Linguist?) but I can't recall where or what.  You can mail to me (at the

above address) or to the list.  Thanks.



Larry