Popularity of the word - General Tiki

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Sat, Dec 18, 2010 7:34 AM But the Tikki in that title couldn't have been misspelled more than it was spelled correctly, so that can't be it either. Here is a list of 1930s bestsellers: http://www.caderbooks.com/best30.html Two year bestseller "The Good Earth" takes place in China, "Anthony Adverse" in Cuba, Africa, Italy and Paris, so no South Sea island showplaces there. I can only fathom that some book had a character named Tiki, and that it is so outdated nowadays that no one mentions it. Nothing jumps out at me in the non-fiction lists either. Couldn't have been "Boners: Being a Collection of Schoolboy Wisdom" :D

But the Tikki in that title couldn't have been misspelled more than it was spelled correctly, so that can't be it either. Here is a list of 1930s bestsellers:

http://www.caderbooks.com/best30.html

Two year bestseller "The Good Earth" takes place in China, "Anthony Adverse" in Cuba, Africa, Italy and Paris, so no South Sea island showplaces there. I can only fathom that some book had a character named Tiki, and that it is so outdated nowadays that no one mentions it.

Nothing jumps out at me in the non-fiction lists either. Couldn't have been "Boners: Being a Collection of Schoolboy Wisdom" :D

Post #569232 by bigbrotiki on Sat, Dec 18, 2010 7:34 AM