In a message dated 9/23/2004 8:04:41 PM Eastern Standard Time, Robert.Paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: according to the OED (which I borrowed from JL), for the first citation is from 1656. ---- "Togetherhood" is more properly Anglo-Saxon. "The most exquisite precision of tune, the most perfect togetherhood in beginning and ending phrases." 1896 MARY C. CLARKE Long Life, 1986, p. 194 ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html