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>then it is not likely that you would be able to produce such a citation I will prove you wrong. There's a citation to this usage in the OED back to 1811 that
by wallace_f 7y ago
>then it is not likely that you would be able to produce such a citation
I will prove you wrong. There's a citation to this usage in the OED back to 1811 that is specifically as I stated. If you had even tried to verify what you are writing you would have found this on your own. This is also flagrantly against this board's guidelines of arguing in good faith and not wasting time with flame bait writing such nonsense.
And look, if we're talking about an English word it is not unreasonable to reference the first instance of the word that language's country. But you sure did put effort in that point that technically speaking, there was an earlier police force, which also has almost no bearing on the idea that the word pig has been used to describe professional police for basically just as long as the english language would have been used to describe police.
- ailideex 7y ago> People have been calling police since the first ones, the Bow Street Runners. Now: > There's a citation to this usage in the OED back to 1811 that is specifically as I stated. The Bow Street Runners were founded in 1749[1]. 1811 is after they were founded so it does not really support your original claim. Which would require the use to have been <= 1749. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bow_Street_Runners?wprov=sfti1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bow_Street_Runners?wprov=sfti1