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Re: DR, was: No Lunars Era
From: Trevor Kenchington
Date: 2004 Dec 7, 00:51 -0400
From: Trevor Kenchington
Date: 2004 Dec 7, 00:51 -0400
Fred Hebard wrote: > Actually, I believe abbreviations were used more commonly in the 18th > Century than now, when we tend to use acronyms. Examples are Yrs for > Yours, acc't for account, Rob't for Robert, etc. A fair point but perhaps not a relevant one: "Dead Reckoning" seems to date back to the 17th century at least. Anyone have an OED to hand? That might establish the first recorded use of the term. Trevor Kenchington -- Trevor J. Kenchington PhD Gadus@iStar.ca Gadus Associates, Office(902) 889-9250 R.R.#1, Musquodoboit Harbour, Fax (902) 889-9251 Nova Scotia B0J 2L0, CANADA Home (902) 889-3555 Science Serving the Fisheries http://home.istar.ca/~gadus