[Ads-l] CPT (1912), on Barry Popik's website

[Cohen, Gerald Leonard]

Barry Popik's website contains a fairly detailed treatment of CPT (a phrase 
that was recently the subject of an intended humorous skit by Hillary Clinton 
and Bill de Blasio).  I'm surprised (and am not alone in this) that neither Clinton 
nor de Blasio anticipated the  sharp negative reaction.  
Btw, I had never heard of the CPT phrase but am familiar with its 
synonym "Jewish time", which refers to arriving, say, 10-15 minutes late.
     Popik's treatment can be found at: 
http://barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/colored_peoples_time/

GC
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