http://blog.oup.com/2011/04/booze/ Academic insights for the thinking world. Sat, 25 May 2013 11:23:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://blog.oup.com/2011/04/booze/#comment-215479 John Cowan Wed, 06 Apr 2011 14:52:29 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=15403#comment-215479 A.E. Housman used the spelling <i>boose</i> in "The Oracles" (<i>Last Poems</i> XXV), suggesting that it had not stabilized by 1922 when the poems were published, or at the least by 1885-1910 when (according to Housman) three-quarters of them were written. A.E. Housman used the spelling boose in “The Oracles” (Last Poems XXV), suggesting that it had not stabilized by 1922 when the poems were published, or at the least by 1885-1910 when (according to Housman) three-quarters of them were written.

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