On Jul 7, 2004, at 7:38 PM, �ric Dussault wrote:
It's the first time I hear about the hot dog coming from haut d'Auges. Very interesting indeed.
Haut d'Auges is a folk etymology, ie, false.
"Hot dog" has an uninteresting origin. In New England in the late 1800s sausages were called "dogs" as an ironic (we hope!) reference to what sort of meat might be inside them. Hot dog comes from there, and eventually the name spread.
Renowned etymologist Barry Popik has written on this one. See, eg, http://www.wordorigins.org/wordorh.htm
mdl
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