Metcalf on Cohen in Tablet

[Jonathan Lighter]

Not only that, he was the first to know.

Way to go, Jerry!

JL


On Tue, May 7, 2013 at 11:55 PM, Ben Zimmer
<bgzimmer at babel.ling.upenn.edu>wrote:

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> Allan Metcalf has a nice profile of Jerry Cohen in Tablet Magazine:
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> http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-arts-and-culture/books/130955/on-the-origin-of-shyster
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> Not sure why the headline is "On the Origin of 'Shyster,'" but the
> subhed is appropriate: "Master etymologist Gerald Cohen knows how jazz
> got its name, why they’re called hot dogs, and much more."
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