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Re: The Soap Opera Hypothesis

Subject: Re: The Soap Opera Hypothesis
From: Ron Hardin
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 19:12:07 GMT
Newsgroups: sci.lang
bulkington63 wrote:
> I looked up 'gatekeeper' in the OED (you probably should have done this
> first).  I get dates of 1572, 1712, 1845, etc.  I think it predates
> soap operas.  I don't think your "hypothesis" stands up.

Watch where it is that it turns up.

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