A flu virus shut down the US economy in 1872 by infecting horses
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A flu virus shut down the US economy in 1872 by infecting horses
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Re: A flu virus shut down the US economy in 1872 by infecting horses
#2And without horses the firemen that might have prevented the Great Boston Fire of 1872 weren't able to move very quickly.
Re: A flu virus shut down the US economy in 1872 by infecting horses
#3Sing...
Blame Canada! Blame Canada! It isn't a real country anyway.
(Southpark)
Re: A flu virus shut down the US economy in 1872 by infecting horses
#4Blame Canada?
Re: A flu virus shut down the US economy in 1872 by infecting horses
#5> Trains refused to stop at some cities where depots overflowed with undelivered goods.
I've heard it described as a rail-and-horse system, with a rail network connecting hubs, and horse last miles.
Re: A flu virus shut down the US economy in 1872 by infecting horses
#6I read or heard something about this recently in connection with some etymological deep dive someone was doing. I can’t remember any details, unhelpfully.
Re: A flu virus shut down the US economy in 1872 by infecting horses
#7I read or heard something about this recently in connection with some etymological deep dive someone was doing. I can’t remember any details, unhelpfully.
Please try to make comments that add to the conversation
Re: A flu virus shut down the US economy in 1872 by infecting horses
#8I read or heard something about this recently in connection with some etymological deep dive someone was doing. I can’t remember any details, unhelpfully.
You are probably thinking of On the Origin of “Oops!”: The Language and Literature of Animal Disease by Ray Malewitz claiming it came a gradual shortening of the word “ooperzootics” (epizooty, a disease affecting many animals at the same time) to “oops” between 1872 and 1921.
https://today.oregonstate.edu/news/origin-word-%E2%80%98oops...
Re: A flu virus shut down the US economy in 1872 by infecting horses
#9Reminds of what horses did for us and what we do to them. Thanks for the great article.
Re: A flu virus shut down the US economy in 1872 by infecting horses
#10I read or heard something about this recently in connection with some etymological deep dive someone was doing. I can’t remember any details, unhelpfully.
You are probably thinking of On the Origin of “Oops!”: The Language and Literature of Animal Disease by Ray Malewitz claiming it came a gradual shortening of the word “ooperzootics” (epizooty, a disease affecting many animals at the same time) to “oops” between 1872 and 1921. https://today.oregonstate.edu/news/origin-word-%E2%80%98oops...
Yes!! That was it!