June 18, 2006, 08:42
dalehilemanband row
It's an exercise using a stretch band to simulate rowing a boat. I need to know how long the exercise, or the expression, has been around.
I use several techniques to determine whether a term is an oldie or a neologism. For instance, if I can't find a term in the usu online dictionaries, then I suspect it as recent
However, I'm not entirely satisfied with such crude methods. Of course I could do better at this if I had a vast library or could afford subscription online services. However, on a fixed income I'm pretty much stuck with the free strategies; while I hate to be bothering you guys every time I need a reading
Any suggestions appreciated--Thanks all
June 18, 2006, 11:13
wordcrafterDale's general "methodology" question is particularly timely for me, because one of my quote sources (Amazon search-inside-the-book) has recently changed in a way that makes it far less useful.
My usual sources are
- google-news: free
- Amazon as noted above: free, if you've bought $25 worth direct from Amazon -- not from one of their listers)
- OED: expensive, but may well be free through your library, with 24-hr access
- newspaperarchives.com: $50/year; more useful for finding antedatings than for recent usages
- findarticles.com: free.
Sometimes helpful, but each with its limitations, are Project Gutenberg (free), Proquest (many libraries have it), and GoogleBooks (free if you have a free gmail account).
Any other ideas you might provide, for Dale's purposes or mine, would be appreciated. Thanks!
June 23, 2006, 07:42
dalehilemanwc: Thank you most kindly for those search tips, which I've ensconced among my Faves
I am interested in any such search facilities that come free
June 24, 2006, 09:13
dalehilemanIncidentally, "band row" turns out to me one of many different kinds of "rows" using a resistance band. In all probability, therefore, the expr "band row" has been around for a very long time
I was disappointed as I had expected it to mean a fight between the members of a rock band
word: the Amazon search-inside-the-book is intriguing. To do a search of this kind, do you need to know the title of the book
Thanks again
July 10, 2006, 08:38
dalehilemanForgive me for bubbling this one back up, but in the meantime I wondder if anyone else has heard the usage; whether you consider it a neologism or merely the concatenation of two common exercise terms