hot philologist explains "hot dog" origin

[Laurence Horn]

At 10:08 AM -0500 12/3/07, Benjamin Zimmer wrote:
>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
>
In particular, for all you culinary lexicographers of food, there's
an interesting suggestion at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvcVR8Pi_lk
on words whose orthography ought to be changed, for the fun of it.

LH

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