[Ads-l] Stix Nix Hix Pix

[Laurence Horn]

> On Jul 16, 2023, at 4:57 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> _Variety_ also used "tix" for rickets....
> 
> JL

Obviously for those movies lacking Vitamin D.  

> 
> On Sat, Jul 15, 2023 at 9:31 PM Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> Thanks for the ack, Garson. Good work.
>> 
>> JL
>> 
>> On Sat, Jul 15, 2023 at 8:42 PM ADSGarson O'Toole <
>> adsgarsonotoole at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> The Quote Investigator article on this topic is now available.
>>> 
>>> Headline Origin: Sticks Nix Hick Pix
>>> https://quoteinvestigator.medium.com/57d3470178ee
>>> https://quoteinvestigator.com/2023/07/15/sticks-nix/
>>> 
>>> Acknowledgement: Great thanks to Jonathan Lighter whose discussion of
>>> this topic led QI to formulate this question and perform this
>>> exploration. Lighter found citations for a variant and remarked on the
>>> difference from the original.
>>> 
>>> Feedback welcome
>>> Garson
>>> 
>>> On Sat, Jul 15, 2023 at 5:43 PM ADSGarson O'Toole
>>> <adsgarsonotoole at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Jonathan Lighter  wrote:
>>>>> _Variety_ (I believe) has also referred to film critics as "crix."
>>>>> So....you could have
>>>>> 
>>>>> "CRIX NIX CHIX PIX" as well as "HIX PIX NIX CRIX,"  "HIX, CHIX NIX
>>> CRIX
>>>>> PIX," and "CRIX NIX HIX FLIX CHIX."
>>>> 
>>>> Here is an example with Crix:
>>>> 
>>>> Date: May 9, 2005
>>>> Periodical: Variety
>>>> Volume 398, Issue 12
>>>> Article: HBO, Variety forge 'Pix' pact
>>>> Author: Anonymous
>>>> Database: ProQuest
>>>> 
>>>> [Begin excerpt]
>>>> Titled "Crix Nix Hix Pix," the doc will be based on the book of the
>>>> same name by Variety editor-in-chief Peter Bart and published by
>>>> Miramax Books in conjunction with Variety's 100th anniversary.
>>>> Title stems from one of Variety's most famous headlines ("Sticks Nix
>>> Hick Pix").
>>>> [End excerpt]
>>>> 
>>>> I cannot find a match for that book title in WorldCat. So I think Bart
>>>> changed the book name before publication.
>>>> Garson
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