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RonButters at AOL.COM
RonButters at AOL.COM
Sun Jul 9 16:28:25 UTC 2006
Except that, if the man's lastg name had been "Smith," he still might have
been called "Cheese" Smith. By that I mean, "Cheese" was surely a fairly common
nick-name, and the fact that Mr. Burger was known as "Cheese"may well have
had nothing to do with the sandwich.
There was a lot of interest in AMERICAN SPEECH in the early days in the
various 'burger' terms. Did you check that? I did a lot of research on
STEAKBURGER a couple of years ago, which is how I know about the AS interest.
In a message dated 7/9/06 11:56:05 AM, SClements at NEO.RR.COM writes:
>
> "Cheese" Burger was the referee. The fact that a person with a last name of
> "Burger" could have the nickname "Cheese" would probably indicate that the
> term was well known by that point. I can't think of anything other than a
> hamburger with cheese on it as an explanation.
>
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