Early (1873) link between Hot Dog and Sausage

[Wilson Gray]

When I was in the Army in 1961, a white buddy tried to persuade me
that the proper form was "scoff," presumably based on "Escoffier," and
not "scarf." He failed to convince me of the validity of his argument,
since it was the case that the normal pronunciation used by black GI's
was "scoff" and any fool could plainly see that this "scoff" was
merely the BE pronunciation of "scarf" and had nothing to do with
Escoffier or whatever.

FWIW, I have now come, over the ensuing years, to accept said buddy's
argument and I  believe that "scoff" is the original form and that
"scarf" is a hypercorrection.

-Wilson

On 9/24/05, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu> wrote:
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> Poster:       Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU>
> Subject:      Re: Early (1873) link between Hot Dog and Sausage
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> At 1:06 PM -0700 9/24/05, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> >Missing Link Sausage Co.
> >Pleasure Island
> >Downtown Disney
> >
>
> Ah, very nice--but I don't see a logo with an ape-man scarfing down
> the wursts...
>
> >http://allearsnet.com/menu/menu_ml.htm   (May, 2005)
> >
> >
> >
> >JL
> >
> >
> >Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU> wrote:
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> >Sender: American Dialect Society
> >Poster: Laurence Horn
> >Subject: Re: Early (1873) link between Hot Dog and Sausage
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> >At 2:07 AM -0500 9/21/05, Mullins, Bill wrote:
> >>I don't claim this to be an antedating of "hot dog" as we understand
> >>the term. But it is relevant to the story, I believe.
> >>  ...
> >Nobody commented on the very nice subject line for the above message
> >(which Bill sent out on Wednesday). I wonder if anyone has tried
> >"The Missing Link" for a hot dog/sausage joint.
> >
> >larry
> >
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-Wilson Gray