Jesse SheidlowerApr 13

Two small but fascinating #fandom antedatings for the Historical #Dictionary of #ScienceFiction, for "loc" 'letter of comment':

The noun by 1 year, first appearing in text written in Japanese by English speakers (thanks to @erikas.online for her help with this):

https://sfdictionary.com/view/1892/loc

And the verb, also by 1 year to 1961, in a poem by Roger Ebert. Yes, *that* Roger Ebert!

https://sfdictionary.com/view/2343/loc

Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction: loc

Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction

Show threadBee Ostrowsky
@jessesheidlower you might want to add #page=8 to the end of the Ebert URL
Apr 13 at 4:30pmWeb
Show threadJesse SheidlowerApr 13
@beeostrowsky
Huh, could have sworn I'd done that. Thanks.