The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #53964   Message #833660
Posted By: Malcolm Douglas
23-Nov-02 - 11:30 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Farmer's Boy (the)
Subject: RE: Origins: Farmer's Boy (the)
On my side of the world, when we say "1800s", we mean "the first decade of the 19th century"; do you mean that, or just "some time during the whole of the 19th century"?

It's quite an important distinction! The text you quote is the usual one, give or take a few details; it varies very little wherever it's found.