Hamburger vs hamburg

Douglas G. Wilson douglas at NB.NET
Sat Jul 14 06:02:07 UTC 2001


I've certainly never seen this contrast.

Lately I did run across "Okie steak" = "hamburger"/"ground beef",
apparently from ca. 1936, southern California. Presumably "Okie" < "[person
from] Oklahoma" as usual.

-- Doug Wilson



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