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Originally posted by harry View PostExacly Sam,but my point is, the more 'one off's' there are,the more likely it is of someone noticing it,and becoming aware of the possibilities of creating an abstract entity or action with it. Why couldn't this have happened in the late 1800's? Not an impossible scenario ,is it?
IkeLast edited by Iconoclast; 08-08-2019, 09:07 AM.
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I am quite aware there were also a largge number of misspellings.I do not include those.
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Exacly Sam,but my point is, the more 'one off's' there are,the more likely it is of someone noticing it,and becoming aware of the possibilities of creating an abstract entity or action with it. Why couldn't this have happened in the late 1800's? Not an impossible scenario ,is it?
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Originally posted by Sam Flynn View Post
That's because you can have "one off the top", "one off the bottom", "one off the shelf", "one off apple in a barrel", "it puts one off the scent" etc etc. You need to look for A "one off" SOMETHING, where the "something" is an abstract entity or action, as opposed to a physical artefact.
For example, one top result in the search regarding rheumatic pills from 1856 has the misspelling
This preparation is one off the benefits
A different result from 1857 has the phrase
One off the largest towns
Etc etcLast edited by Yabs; 08-08-2019, 08:45 AM.
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