XPost: alt.usage.english, alt.english.usage   
   From: G6JPG@255soft.uk   
      
   On 2025/8/29 19:53:21, JMB99 wrote:   
   > On 28/08/2025 20:05, Sam Plusnet wrote:   
   >> as it was used in a newspaper article published in 1825, so I doubt if   
   >> any of the recent work on the OED would apply.   
   >   
      
   Just because the citation is from 1825, that doesn't mean the OED are   
   necessarily aware of it: they don't automatically know everything in all   
   sources. Old citations are constantly being added to their database.   
   > >   
   > The OED always gives examples of the usage of words with dates, often   
   > going back hundreds of years.   
   And, where they can, they show the _continuity_ of usage, by showing   
   citations _during_ the period of currency, not just its end(s).   
      
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   "Sure, George," said Wayne and looking up at the cross said:   
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   (recounted in Radio Times, 30 March-5 April 2013.)   
      
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