| Subject: | Re: The Soap Opera Hypothesis |
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| 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. -- Ron Hardin rhhardin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx On the internet, nobody knows you're a jerk. |
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