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Bayeux Tapestry detail: Coronation of Harold, created by Myrabella, 2013, used under Creative Commons license

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Lexicographic Anachronism

March 14, 2020

25 August 2009

Ben Zimmer has the scoop on an anachronism in the TV show Mad Men over at his Word Routes blog.

[Hat tip to Language Hat for pointing this article out.]

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