NYTimes -- repeating myths?
Dan Goncharoff
thegonch at GMAIL.COM
Thu Apr 18 23:02:02 UTC 2013
Noticed this today:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/18/nyregion/on-the-bowery-vestiges-of-a-seedy-past-seep-through.html<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/18/nyregion/on-the-bowery-vestiges-of-a-seedy-past-seep-through.html?nl=nyregion&emc=edit_ur_20130418>
Beyond physical sites, the historic Bowery survives in popular culture,
including phrases believed to have originated there like “kick the bucket,”
“going on a bender” and “so long.”
Am I right that it is wrong to attribute these phrases to the Bowery?
DanG
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