Here's "swive." It's annoying that the chart doesn't go back further than 1500. I guess it can only chart the use of terms in print.
http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/graph?content=swive&year_start=1300&year_end=2000&corpus=0&smoothing=3 "Swive" gains popularity in the 18th century. Influence from antiquarian enthusiasm? Apparently not even Shakespeare used it. ????? Strange. On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 1:12 PM, Sal Armoniac <[email protected]> wrote: > I mean Dunbar was the FIRST one to write it with its sexual meaning. > > On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 1:10 PM, Sal Armoniac <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> That occurance doesn't mean that it wasn't commonly spoken. Dunbar is >> the only one to write it with its sexual meaning. >> >> Sarah >> >> >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "R-SPEC: The Rochester Speculative Literature Association" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/r-spec?hl=en.
