Date: Thu, 7 Sep 1995 22:27:49 -0400 From: "Bethany Dumas, UTK" Subject: Re: Anachronistic usage? At a minimum, I'd suggest that Lighter's entries (Vol 1 of his Random House Dictionary of Slang) be carefully checked. He would be quite useful as a consultant, I think. Bethany Dumas English/U of TN, Knoxville dumasb[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]utk.edu