Early (1873) link between Hot Dog and Sausage

[sagehen]

-Wilson writes:
>When I was in the Army in 1961, a white buddy tried to persuade me
>that the proper form was "scoff," presumably based on "Escoffier," and
>not "scarf." He failed to convince me of the validity of his argument,
>since it was the case that the normal pronunciation used by black GI's
>was "scoff" and any fool could plainly see that this "scoff" was
>merely the BE pronunciation of "scarf" and had nothing to do with
>Escoffier or whatever.

>FWIW, I have now come, over the ensuing years, to accept said buddy's
>argument and I  believe that "scoff" is the original form and that
>"scarf" is a hypercorrection.
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I don't know about the derivation from Escoffier, but I agree that "scoff"
was  the familiar term fifty or more years ago and "scarf" a later
development.
- Alison