Dewey Cheatham and Howe (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Caveats: NONE


Barry's earliest cite is a 1967 Google Books snippet view.

Slightly earlier:

William R. Park _The strategy of contracting for profit_ Englewood
Cliffs, N.J: Prentice-Hall, 1966
p. 124 [listed in a table of fictitious firms] "Dewey, Cheatum, & Howe"


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
> Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 10:52 AM
> To: 'American Dialect Society'
> Cc: 'Barry Popik'
> Subject: Dewey Cheatham and Howe (UNCLASSIFIED)
>
>
> Barry Popik's web page has an entry for the fictitious law/accounting
firm of
> "Dewey Cheatham and Howe" (regular listeners of NPR's "Car Talk" are
probably
> familiar with the firm):
>
>
http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/dewey_cheatham_h
owe_fi
> ctitious_law_accounting_consulting_firm/
>
>

Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Caveats: NONE

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