tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15224520.post2343740523688108828..comments2024-01-07T05:28:45.522-08:00Comments on Thmazing's Thutopia: "To Augustus" by B. Zim in Time volume 5, issue 129 (1887)Th.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16460795570237872290noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15224520.post-14702414904837859912011-10-18T20:30:10.608-07:002011-10-18T20:30:10.608-07:00.
(Incidentally, the earliest I found was 1871, T....<br /><br />(Incidentally, the earliest I found was 1871, The Indiana School Journal,<br />'There is no success like "sticktoitiveness."')Th.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16460795570237872290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15224520.post-3132972803766998462011-10-18T20:29:05.948-07:002011-10-18T20:29:05.948-07:00.
I found this while looking for earlier cites in....<br /><br />I found this while looking for earlier cites in Google Books for Wiktionary. Alas, I don't have easy access to the OED.<br /><br />Looking around at news sites, it looks like the hyphenated version is coming back into style.Th.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16460795570237872290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15224520.post-34531055564705879922011-10-18T19:28:40.756-07:002011-10-18T19:28:40.756-07:00FWIW, the OED concurs, but spells it "stick-t...FWIW, the OED concurs, but spells it "stick-to-it-iveness." First recorded usage is in 1867 in E. B. Custer's "Tenting on Plains"Kent Larsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05893161961963720939noreply@blogger.com