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Author here, looking into those earlier sources now EDIT: The "Advisory Opinions" source is mislabeled and was published after 1989. [1] The "Typographic Journ
by hwayne 4y ago
Author here, looking into those earlier sources now
EDIT: The "Advisory Opinions" source is mislabeled and was published after 1989. [1] The "Typographic Journal" refers to boiler plate as a derogative for a low quality newspaper:
> The next city visited was Paris, Ill. which "supports" four newspapers. The only one worthy of mention is the Beacon … The other newspapers thive on "boiler plates" exclusively [2]
[1] https://www.google.com.au/books/edition/Advisory_Opinions_on_the_Open_Meetings_L/qbnXkPANkLEC?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=1989 https://www.google.com.au/books/edition/Advisory_Opinions_on...
[2] https://www.google.com.au/books/edition/The_Typographical_Journal/pKAuAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=boiler https://www.google.com.au/books/edition/The_Typographical_Jo...
- nl 4y agoAgree "Advisory Opinions" was mislabeled. That's annoying. My point about "Typographic Journal" is that their usage is quite different - they are using it as a synonym for low quality, not the kind of fill-in-the-blanks usage we see now. In 1851 "De Bows Review"[1] talks about how it is a felony to use unstamped boiler-plate, conceal the plate on the boiler-plate or counterfeit the stamp. To me that goes to filling-in of boilerplate with details (using the stamp) which seems a more likely origin than the "lower quality" usage used by "Typographic Journal". [1] https://www.google.com.au/books/edition/De_Bow_s_Review/y5wRAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=boilerplate+language&pg=PA96&printsec=frontcover https://www.google.com.au/books/edition/De_Bow_s_Review/y5wR... (and see page vii which shows this was published in 1851)