On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 00:51:00 -0500, balms >
wrote:

>Richard Wright wrote:
>> The OED newsletter is asking for information about the published use
>> in English of the phrase tikka masala. They are looking for its use
>> before 1975.
>>
>> It is not the use of the word tikka on its own that they are looking
>> for.
>>
>> If anyone can cite a use before 1975 then I can pass it on to the
>> editors of the newsletter.
>>

>yes?

well?