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I read somewhere

 
in India, that he hardly knew
whether to believe it or not.
                                                                                                             1865
“Do you expect me to believe that story, Number 91?”
demanded the visitor with lowering look.
“I don’t care whether you believe it or not, but
                                                                                                             1889
I’ll give you two dollars if you’ll go away now.”
                                                                                                             1889
Espesare / Believe it.
Espesos / Believe it or not, as you choose.
                                                                                                             1896
Vernareris / Believe it or not
Vernaretur / Believe it to be false
                                                                                                             1904
believe it or not,
it is our heartfelt desire and hope
                                                                                                             1918
I read somewhere
in one of these “believe it or not” columns,
or something of that sort, the other day
where 240 conversations, that is, 480 people,
could be held at the same time over one set of wires without interfering with
                                                                                                             1942
the advice — believe it or not —
Believe it or not, the passengers in Medicine Hat polish the buttons
believe it or not, in a rooming house. One morning
                                                                                                             1946
And, believe it or not,
flowers practically stole the objections from my mind —
believe it or not
                                                                                                             1958
believe it or not, but
shock treatment gave me a perpetual...
What a side effect that was
                                                                                                             2007
 

sources — believe it or not, and “telegraph” in the title

• 1865
  ex “Indian Financial Arrangements,” in The London and China Telegraph (April 10, 1865) : 191
• 1889
  ex Horatio Alger, Adventures of a Telegraph Boy or 'Number 91' (1900 printing) : here
• 1889
  idem.
• 1896
  ex T. Walter Hartfield, compiler, The Atlas Universal Travellers’ and Tourists’ Telegraphic Cipher Code : 156
• 1904
  ex T. Walter Hartfield, compiler, Watkins Universal Shipping Code, Revised and Extended Edition (not available online)
• 1918
  ex “America’s Terms of Settlement,” an address by President Wilson to the Congress of the United States, January 8, 1918, in International Conciliation No. 123 (February 1918) : 80
• 1930
  The Telegraph and Telephone Journal (vols 17-19) : 82 (snippet only)
• 1942
  “Consolidations and Mergers of Telegraph Operations: Hearings,” U.S. Congress, House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce : 41
• 1946
  ex Telegraph Workers Journal (vols 44-51)
  10 matches, three shown as snippets here
• 1958
  ex Telegraph Delivery Spirit 25:2 : 32 (?; snippet view in results only)
• 2007
  ex Charles S. Wilson, The House on Telegraph Hill: Growing up with Abusive Parents : 240

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4 October 2019

tags: believe it or not; latihan; not; or; telegraph