Black-and-White, Half-Moon, Harlequin

[Sam Clements]

Larry,

I personally find the wikipedia folks a force for good on the internet, but
they sure ain't the best when it comes to specialized things such as
etymology, or searching newspaper databases online.  But, who would expect
them to be?

If you can figure out how to get them to change an authoratative sounding
post, let me know.  I've been stumped on this more than once.

Sam Clements
----- Original Message -----
From: "Laurence Horn" <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU>
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Sent: Monday, September 06, 2004 9:22 PM
Subject: Re: Black-and-White, Half-Moon, Harlequin


>
> Well, maybe, but I did take the trouble to check my recollection and
> found inter alia
> ========
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_and_white
> In New York City, a Black-and-White used to be a police car, when
> they were painted with a distinctive black and white livery.
> Currently a Black-and-White is a large round sugar cookie (even 5
> inches across) with a divided sugar and chocolate glaze.
> ========
>
> But other web sites (e.g. http://tnmcc.com/police.html, which offers
> a more detailed history of NYC police car color combos) bear out the
> observations of Jonathan and Sam, so I'll withdraw the claim, in
> anticipation of Wikipedia's following suit.
>
> >
> >>----- Original Message -----
> >>From: "Jonathan Lighter" <wuxxmupp2000 at YAHOO.COM>
> >>To: <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> >>Sent: Sunday, September 05, 2004 11:41 AM
> >>Subject: Re: Black-and-White, Half-Moon, Harlequin
> >>
> >>>NYC police cars these days are sky-blue and white. In the forties and
> >>fifties (and perhaps from the beginning)  they were dark green, black,
> >>and
> >>white.  So far as I know, they were never referred to as "black and
> >>whites."
>
>JL