Date:    Thu, 11 Jun 1998 08:42:34 EDT
<br>From:    "Barry A. Popik" <Bapopik[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]AOL.COM>
<br>Subject: Big Tobacco; Missoury and Chicagou
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<br>BIG TOBACCO
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<br>     "Big Tobacco" lost a legal case yesterday.  The Wall Street Journal often
<br>uses the name "Big Tobacco."  They're no longer big tobacco _companies_.
<br>     True, this fits in headlines, but it makes them sound like a mob.  This
<br>follows "Big Oil" and "Big Steel," which I guess are considered neither
<br>Americanisms nor slang.  I found a bunch of "Big (Product)" on JSTOR.  I
<br>haven't seen Big Computer or Big Chips or Big Browser, though.
<br>      Checking News Abstracts for "Big Tobacco" shows:
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<br>Jan. 1994-Dec. 1994:  3 hits
<br>Jan. 1995-Dec. 1995:  5 hits
<br>Jan. 1996-July 1997:  82 hits
<br>Jan. 1997-March 1998:  155 hits.
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<br>MISSOURY & CHICAGOU
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<br>     Someone from Missouri wanted me to "show them."
<br>     The Dictionary of Americanisms has for "Missouri Indian" "1765 R. ROGERS
<br>_N. Amer._ 104 The inhabitants on this river are called the Missouri Indians."
<br>      The Performing Arts in American Newspapers 1690-1783 CD-ROM shows the
<br>Boston News Letter, 28 July-4 August 1726, "Indian nations called Missoury,
<br>Osages, ..."  The article also describes a town called "Chicagou."
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