[78-L] Historical Nomenclature

[Steven C. Barr]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Harold Aherne" <leotolstoy_75 at yahoo.com>
> The LP thread got me to looking up when the phrase "First World War" was 
> first used, and I can trace it to at least 14 November 1920. The NYT of 
> that day published an article called "Farmers Warned Not to Hold Wheat", 
> in which the Times noted how cynical that particular phrase seemed, 
> although it was eventually used with greater frequency.
>
> All right, so when did "78" come to be used as a noun?
>
I'd have to dig out my backfile of "Record Changer" which was
probably the first to use it thusly...?!

...stevenc