[Ads-l] moolah/mulah (1936)

[Wilson Gray]

> The Moolah Temple as an organization goes back to the 19th century.

So, it's almost as old as the organization itself. Interesting!

On Wed, Sep 25, 2019 at 4:36 PM Dan Goncharoff <thegonch at gmail.com> wrote:

> The building dates to 1912.
>
> The Moolah Temple as an organization goes back to the 19th century.
>
> DanG
>
> On Wed, Sep 25, 2019 at 2:32 AM Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > The _Moolah_ Temple of the St. Louis chapter of the Ancient, Arabic Order
> > of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, A.K.A. the Shriners, dates from 1912.
> > Since I was a child, I've wondered whether there was any connection
> between
> > this "Moolah Temple" and the other _moolah_.
> >
> > On Thu, Aug 29, 2019 at 1:39 PM Ben Zimmer <bgzimmer at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > OED3's earliest for "moolah" is from 1937, a cite that Stephen Goranson
> > > shared here in 2010:
> > >
> > > http://listserv.linguistlist.org/pipermail/ads-l/2010-July/101435.html
> > >
> > > Barry Popik has found a nice antedating that also provides an
> intriguing
> > > explanation for the word's origin.
> > >
> > > ----
> > > Daily News (New York, NY), Feb. 21, 1936, p. 46, col. 1
> > > "Mainly About Manhattan," by John Chapman
> > > Lou Frankel, who digs into slang and the reasons behind it, offers a
> few
> > > show business terms: [...]
> > > Mulah--money. Lou always thought it was Arabic or Syrian, but research
> > > turns up this: A colored vaudeville team used the word years ago. One
> of
> > > the partners played the role of a Chinese, and the other one, playing a
> > > colored man, owed him money. The "Chinese" asked for his mulah which
> was
> > > his idea of pidgin English.
> > > https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35394640/mulahmoolahmoney_1936/
> > > ----
> > >
> > > --bgz
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-Wilson
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