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Has anyone got access to the online OED? I'm interested in the history of the word "fella" as synonym for mate (as opposed to husband).
I noticed the name Harriet Martineau being mentioned on the Toady Programme this morning in the item on the new OED online, as someone who gave 38 words to the English language, although no one thought to name them (and a bit of Google Fu discovers... she worked on the OED).
Today someone looked at my photo of a Harriet Martineau plaque and asked me to add it to a Flickr group. Coincidence?
I noticed the name Harriet Martineau being mentioned on the Toady Programme this morning in the item on the new OED online, as someone who gave 38 words to the English language, although no one thought to name them (and a bit of Google Fu discovers... she worked on the OED).
Today someone looked at my photo of a Harriet Martineau plaque and asked me to add it to a Flickr group. Coincidence?
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I did wonder whether the current usage is from the Page 7 Fella feature in the Sun. But that may be a while back now.