hot philologist explains "hot dog" origin

[Benjamin Zimmer]

Marina the philologist, host of "Hot for Words" on YouTube, takes on the
origin of "hot dog"...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMWQXyJzWlk

More Marina videos here:

http://www.youtube.com/user/hotforwords

Barry just needs to work on his sex appeal and he too could get half a
million page views!


--Ben Zimmer

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