FWIW: "Big Apple" notes

Laurence Horn laurence.horn at YALE.EDU
Sun Nov 12 05:15:08 UTC 2006


At 12:27 AM -0500 11/11/06, Bapopik at AOL.COM wrote:
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>"BIG APPLE" WIKIPEDIA PAGE
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>Like a bad penny, the "Big Apple" Wikipedia page has changed  again. On
>November 9th, the infamous Peter Salwen added an external  link. It's this:
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>_Why Is New York Called "The Big  Apple"?_ (http://www.salwen.com/apple.html)
>  The authoritative version, from the Society for New York City  History
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>Yes, a link to Peter Salwen's own website! The "authoritative  version"! The
>one that steals pictures and information off of my site without  credit!
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>I just want to punch this guy!
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or at least get him to spell your name right.

LH

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