"Madhattan" and "A Man in a Hat got a Tan" (Manhattan)

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MADHATTAN--17,000 Google hits
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_http://www.barrypopik.com/article/1534/madhattan_
(http://www.barrypopik.com/article/1534/madhattan)
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_http://www.barrypopik.com/article/1533/a-man-in-a-hat-got-a-tan-manhattan_
(http://www.barrypopik.com/article/1533/a-man-in-a-hat-got-a-tan-manhattan)
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I just made about twelve entries to my website today, also adding  categories
of "NYC banking" and "NYC health clubs" and "NYC hotels" and "NYC  radio and
television." I leave for a honeymoon to Greece and Turkey next  week.
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ProQuest was down, but it's supposed to be up after midnight.
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"Madhattan" is not in the HDAS. Did James Aswell coin or popularize this in
1932?
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Does anyone have anything for the spelling of "Manhattan"--"A man in a hat
got a tan"?

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