jimmies photo

[Ben Zimmer]

On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 10:21 AM, Arnold Zwicky wrote:
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> On Dec 11, 2012, at 6:58 AM, Arnold Zwicky <zwicky at STANFORD.EDU> wrote:
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>> fwiw, Just Born is the company that makes marshmallow Peeps.
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> and information/speculation about "jimmies" in the Wikipedia article on "sprinkles":
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprinkles

I used "jimmies" as an example of corporate etymythology in an On
Language column on the topic (citing Dave Wilton's "Word Myths"):

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/02/magazine/02FOB-onlanguage-t.html

--bgz

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