NYT on Daniel Cassidy

[Joel S. Berson]

At 11/8/2007 11:29 AM, George Thompson wrote:
>This is from the events list of NYU's Ireland
>House, where Cassidy appeared last year, for a book-signing.
>
>"Tuesday, November 6th at 7:30pm: How the Irish
>Invented Slang: The Secret Language of the
>Crossroads — A reading and performance by Daniel
>Cassidy.  Venue: The Donaghy Theatre at the
>Irish Arts Center, 553 West 51st Street.  In a
>fast-paced spiel (speal, cutting, sharp speech) [snip]

"spiel" from the Irish?!!  I presume one could
argue more cogently from the Yiddish.

Joel

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