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    How did New York get the nickname "The Big Apple"?

    Question #56171. Asked by Bendex. (Mar 25 05 11:33 AM)


    MrsAce

    		The most plausible explanation cited as of 2004 by the New-York Historical Society and others is that it was first popularized by John J. Fitz Gerald, who first used it in his horse racing column in the New York Morning Telegraph in 1921 and explained its origins in his February 18, 1924 column. Fitz Gerald credited African-American stable-hands working at horseracing tracks in New Orleans.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_Apple



    Mar 25 05, 12:16 PM
    McGruff

    		This has been asked quite a number of times and you can check Q#9349, 14361, 14888, 15979, and 36635.

    Mar 25 05, 1:45 PM

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