a wee predating of hotdog - if true - to circa 1870 (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Benjamin Zimmer]

On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 11:02 AM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu> wrote:
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> At 9:51 AM -0600 2/25/10, Mullins, Bill AMRDEC wrote:
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>>The linked video is immediately followed by one entitled "Japan reacts
>>to Toyoda hearings" -- never seen it spelled that way before.
>
> He's the president of the company.  I don't know why the company name
> went voiceless when the family name was voiced.  Anyone?

BBC explains:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8534294.stm


--Ben Zimmer

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