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Google ngram explorer has the term 'first sleep' peaking in use in English Language circa 1870, before declining ~80% to present day. http://bit.ly/zt8AfD http:
by etrain 15y ago
Google ngram explorer has the term 'first sleep' peaking in use in English Language circa 1870, before declining ~80% to present day. http://bit.ly/zt8AfD http://bit.ly/zt8AfD
Tough to say if this was a 19th century phenomenon or was persistent through history based on the structure of their corpus.
- achille 15y agoIt does not seem to be relevant, as it seems to track along with the general use of the word 'sleep' http://i.imgur.com/4AtC1.png http://i.imgur.com/4AtC1.png