hot dog article in NY Times

[David A. Daniel]

If you just go to the NYT and search "hot dog" the article will pop up.
That's how I found it.
DAD

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For "hot dog" afficionados:=20
Barry Popik has drawn my attention to a recent NY Times article on the =
New York hot dog:
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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/10/dining/the-hot-dog-redefined-one-cart-a=
t-a-time.html
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The article does not treat the origin of the term "hot dog." But a =
picture accompanying the article in the above link caught my attention.  =
It shows a hot dog vendor, "ca. 1910," but the sign on his cart doesn't =
say "Hot Dogs";
it says "Hot Frankfurters."
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The term "hot dog" had not yet become a generally accepted term (still a =
bit akin in its semantic nuance to "roadkill"), and vendors wishing to =
entice passers-by to purchase their comestible no doubt felt they would =
have better luck by having their signs proclaim "Hot Frankfurters."=20
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G. Cohen
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