Re: Please RSVP... (was: US-ASCII)

From: Curtis Clark (jcclark-lists@earthlink.net)
Date: Sat Dec 11 2004 - 11:56:30 CST

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    on 2004-12-11 09:21 John Cowan wrote:
    > It's been used as an English verb, adjective, and noun for 30-40 years
    > and perhaps much longer: see below.

    Longer. I can attest from my youth in the 1950s that my parents
    considered it ordinary English usage, and in fact knew of its origin.

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