Trottery (1913); Brooklyn by Name; Google again

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TROTTERY
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"Trottery" is not in the OED. It was a place where people danced the fox
trot or the turkey trot. It wa a popular NYC term in 1913. There are some
Newspaperarchive cites, but my computer can't download them well and just  stops.
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3 August 1913, Chicago <i>Daily Tribune</i>, "New Yorkers  Turkey Trot Mad"
by Burns Mantle, pg. B2:
She has heard a good deal about New York trotteries.
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Thus do the trot and the trottery continue merrily on their way toward the
time when they shall be accepted as respectable institutions.
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23 January 1915, <i>Puck</i>, pg. 15:
<i>AT A FOX-TROTTERY</i>
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27 May 1915, Washington <i>Post</i>, pg. 4:
<i>POLICE RESURRECT BROADWAY LID</i>
<i>AND PROCEED TO CLAMP IT DOWN</i>
<i>ON GAY TROTTERIES OF METROPOLIS</i>

(The story is datelined from New York -- ed.)
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1 October 1915, New York <i>Times</i>, pg. 5:
The case of Miss Eugenia Kelly, the young heiress to a $1,000,000 estate  who
was brought into court last May on her mother's chare of incorrigiblity
because of her infatuation for Broadway night life, the "trotteries" of the gay
white way, and a crowd of professional dancers and other habitues of the
"trotteries," has come into the limelight again.
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BROOKLYN BY NAME
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I just bought the book BROOKLYN BY NAME, by Leonard Bernardo and  Jennifer
Weiss. It's like the book on Manhattan names, also published by NYU  Press.
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The book (given much press in the NY Times), is a little disappointing.
Honorary street names are left out. There are no slang names or phrases, like
"city of churches" or "borough of homes." Sadly, the name "Steve Brodie" doesn't
even appear.
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The big one, "Brooklyn," is given short shrift on page 5. It's stated: "A
common misconception that should be put to rest is that Brooklyn is Dutch for
'broken land.' The Dutch term _gebroken landt_ (broken land) is actually the
translation of the Algonquin name for Long Island and should not be confused
with the origin of Brooklyn."
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You'd think that the authors would want to hit this one out of the park,
tracing the name "Brooklyn" in historic maps and other documents, and names of
similar towns (Breukelen) in the Netherlands and elsewhere. But there is no
such  scholarship.
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Another disputed name is "Coney Island." Pg. 157 again discusses it only
briefly: "The name 'Conyne Island' appears in Gravesend's 1645 patent, but like
Gravesend itself, its origin is not fully certain. The received wisdom today
maintains that the name was a Dutch attempt to reflect the large number of
wild  rabbits, _konijn_, inhabiting the island."
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That's the entire discussion. There's not even a footnote!
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I think "Coney Island" probably means "King's Island" ("konig"). But you'll
never know any of the debate, just the "received wisdom today."
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John McNamara wrote the gem on Bronx placenames. Books on Queens and Staten
Island placenames should be published. This book is good, but should be a lot
longer.than its 207 pages.
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GOOGLE AGAIN
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The Coney Island parachute jump is in the news again--it's gained some  fancy
lighting. The structure's nickname is "Brooklyn's Eiffel Tower."
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Google "Brooklyn's Eiffel Tower" and dead last is the detailed entry from
"The Big Apple" (_www.barrypopik.com_ (http://www.barrypopik.com) ).  I'm number
two on YAHOO!
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Google must die!

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