2007-08-11 01:54:46 · 3 answers · asked by e21 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
is it John Venn??
John Wallis?
John Napier?
or Thomas Hobbes?
2007-08-11 02:21:11 · update #1
I wondered this once. I started doing research on this, and I felt like the more I researched it, the closer I would get to the answer, but somehow I never quite found out.
2007-08-11 02:13:03 · answer #1 · answered by open4one 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Who is unknown.
When -- according to Websters Online Dictionary -- it became used in popular publications was around 1919.
It seems to be well used in many other languages too.
Webster's provides a very extensive entry on the word.
2007-08-11 02:26:41 · answer #2 · answered by malancam55 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it was Tonto. In his last contract with the Lone Ranger he put in a clause about carrying donkeys.
2007-08-11 05:44:31 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋