Springfield Republican, “Word Sleuth Finds Ms. Origin in Springfield”

November 1, 2009

Larry McDermott, “Word Sleuth Finds Ms. Origin in Springfield” (Springfield Republican, Nov. 1., 2009)

Ben Zimmer, executive producer of visualthesaurus.com and a bona fide word sleuth, set out in classic “Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?” fashion to find the earliest use in America of the title Ms. How fitting it is that he discovered it in the City of Firsts and on the pages of one of America’s oldest newspapers, The Springfield Republican.

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