Mickey D's=McDonald's

[Baker, John]

        I remember my brother, who happens not to be Black, talking about Mickey D's no later than 1981 in southern California.

John Baker


-----Original Message-----
From: Sam Clements [mailto:sclements at NEO.RR.COM]
Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 9:34 PM
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Subject: Mickey D's=McDonald's


While it may be mundane, there is a thread  over at the StraightDope which intimates that the origin of the term "Mickey D's" for McDonald's was originated in/or for the Black community.  Many posters have offered that they first heard it in commercials in the 1980's, and many offered that Afro-American actors were in the commercials.  I can't vouch for any of the memories.

Can any database jockey find a cite for "Mickey D's" ?

Sam Clements