What could be the historical context behind this?

  • Coolkidbozzy [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Could some of the entries just be misdated by 100 years? I feel like there's no context in the world where this would make sense

    • axont [she/her, comrade/them]
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      3 years ago

      There's context here. I have an edition of the Bible that mentions Thomas Jefferson in the preface. Could be the Google index is going off original publication date, not updated edition date.

    • blobjim [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      Could be a more recent foreword in an older book.

    • The_Walkening [none/use name]
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      3 years ago

      I think that makes sense - all the anachronistic mentions appear to be placed from 1820-1840 which is just about when the term started taking off. Might be due to a printing error or even some wonky font stuff leading to the date being recorded a century earlier.