On Jul 7, 2004, at 10:38 PM, �ric Dussault wrote:
I am not sure of its truth. The French town of Auges apparently sent its mild sausage to the World Fair, under the name "le haut d'Auges" meaning "the best of Auges." When it was imported to the United States, the story goes that the name was pronounced by the American buyers as "hot dog", thus the name stuck.
This is a folk etymology. The origin of "hot dog" is very well attested and can be found at:
http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-hot1.htm
Andrew Stiller
Kallisti Music Press
http://home.netcom.com/~kallisti/
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