Date:    Sun, 12 Apr 1998 20:18:03 -0700
<br>From:    Bill King <wfking[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]GOTNET.NET>
<br>Subject: Re: ADS-L Digest - 9 Apr 1998 to 10 Apr 1998
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<br>Yongwei Gao
<br>Fudan University,
<br>Shanghai, China       asked
<br>Is New York also known as Big Bagel? What's the origin? Thanks.
<br>
<br>The substitution of bagel for apple in "the Big Apple" is a joke based
<br>on NYC having a huge Jewish population.  The bagel, a boiled risen
<br>circular breadstuff looking like a big doughnut, is Jewish (even if
<br>baked, frozen, and sold with cafe latte in Phoenix).  NY City has the
<br>largest Jewish population of any city in the world, I think, unless I'm
<br>just one messhuggah ex-non-native New Yorker.
<br>
<br>Bill King      Elk Grove, CA
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