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Article #75048Re: origin of term boycott
From: James E. Wilson
Date: Tue, 04 Dec 1990 20:15
Date: Tue, 04 Dec 1990 20:15
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From the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, in the definition of the word boycott: "After Charles C. Boycott (1832-1897), land agent for the Earl of Erne, County Mayo, Ireland, who was ostracized by the tenants for refusing to lower the rents." And don't forget that the great irish famine, caused by the failure of the potato crop, occured sometime in the mid 1800's. This is probably why the tenants wanted lower rents. For more information, I suggest you look under 'boycott' in any good encyclopedia. Jim Wilson wilson@ernie.Berkeley.EDU wilson@cygnus.com If it ain't source, it ain't software.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,3bba965105aab5a5,start X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1990-12-04 16:11:35 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!mcsun!uunet!wuarchive!usc!ucsd!ucbvax!ernie.Berkeley.EDU!wilson From: wilson@ernie.Berkeley.EDU (James E. Wilson) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: origin of term boycott Message-ID: <39889@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> Date: 4 Dec 90 20:15:49 GMT References: <9012041741.AA01039@coyote.draper.com> Sender: usenet@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Reply-To: wilson@ernie.Berkeley.EDU.UUCP (James E. Wilson) Distribution: gnu Organization: University of California, Berkeley Lines: 15 Posted: Tue Dec 4 21:15:49 1990