Windy City-Chicago-Bary Popik and the power of The Reader

The title says it all.

[Link to Cecil’s column(s) on Windy City origin and Barry Popik]](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a990917.html)

Barry just sent me and Ed Zotti an email about this. (We both monitor the American Dialect Society, where Barry posts much of his original research).

I’d love to be able to link you to the NPR Chicago story, but can’t find it yet.

I don’t think Barry will mind me posting this here.

Congrats to Barry, Mr. Bierma, and The Reader.

There seems to be a Cecil Adams/Barry Popik Mutual Admiration Society, based on Cecil’s remarks in this, more recent, column.

Maybe Cecil Adams **IS ** Barry Popik!

I suppose I’ll have to be killed now …

Here’s a link to the Chicago Tribune story (free registration required).

Here’s the Chicago Public Radio story (audio file).