2006-10-06 13:34:07 · 5 answers · asked by kidquerry 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
[Barry] Popik [described earlier in the story as the "restless genius of American etymology"] established that the term "hot dog" was current at Yale in the fall of 1894, when "dog wagons" sold hot dogs at the dorms, the name a sarcastic comment on the provenance of the meat.
2006-10-06 13:43:16 · answer #1 · answered by digitalquirk 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, I heard it was penned by a cartoonist in NYC that couldn't spell frankfurter which was the German name for cased sausages when they first started "street meat" back in the late 1800's. The venders would yell out "hot frankfurters" and somehow the cartoonist came up with DOG out of that. Thats about all I know about it. Some say it's a myth. Kinda like the Big Apple story from the depression and the apple carts. Who knows!
2006-10-06 21:01:25 · answer #2 · answered by I believe 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can't believe I looked this up.
Hot dogs were frequently known as frankfurters or franks, but the name "hot dog" became popular by the 1890s. In the 1830s, it was widely rumored that the dogs that roamed urban streets were regularly rounded up (by "dog wagons") and made into sausages; by the 1840s, the term "dog sandwich" was used. The 1860s popular song "Der Deitcher's Dog" (written by Septimus Winner and known by the lyrics "Where oh where has my little dog gone?") contained:
Und sausage is goot: Baloney, of course,
Oh! where, oh! where can he be?
Dey makes ‘em mit dog, und dey makes ‘em mit horse:
I guess dey makes ‘em mit he
2006-10-07 01:13:45 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because a very long time ago we used to refer to our penises as a hot dog.
2006-10-06 20:41:20 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't have any idea. Thats a good question and I want to see all the responces. ll keep that on my watchlist.Lol!Lol!
2006-10-06 20:43:33 · answer #5 · answered by sexygal8321 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋