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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread "fair country writer" #202954 10/26/2011 6:03 AM Joined: Oct 2011 Posts: 2 Utah Curmudgeon stranger Curmudgeon stranger Joined: Oct 2011 Posts: 2 Utah Anyone have any information about the origins of this term? Google search turns up a fair number of uses in published sources going back at least as far as Hemmingway, but I haven't been able to find any information about first use, origins of the term, etc. Anyone have someplace to point me? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted "fair country writer" Curmudgeon 10/26/2011 6:03 AM Re: "fair country writer" BranShea 10/26/2011 8:47 AM Re: "fair country writer" zmjezhd 10/26/2011 12:47 PM Re: "fair country writer" Curmudgeon 10/26/2011 5:32 PM Re: "fair country writer" BranShea 10/27/2011 7:40 AM Re: "fair country writer" zmjezhd 10/27/2011 2:28 PM Re: "fair country writer" Faldage 10/27/2011 9:24 AM Re: "fair country writer" Buffalo Shrdlu 10/27/2011 12:13 PM Re: "fair country writer" Faldage 10/27/2011 12:39 PM Re: "fair country writer" Buffalo Shrdlu 10/27/2011 1:24 PM Re: "fair country writer" Jackie 10/28/2011 12:55 AM Re: "fair country writer" Buffalo Shrdlu 10/28/2011 12:25 PM Re: "fair country writer" Jackie 10/29/2011 3:01 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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