THE BIG APPLE

[wanda duff <wduff@NDE.UNL.EDU>]

Having just spent a week in New York over spring break with several
teachers from my building, the subject of the origin of the expression "The
Big Apple" came up.  A history teacher tells me the story she has always
heard is that during the depression years many people owed their existence
to selling apples on the street corners, and that is how the name came to
be. I'd be interested to hear any other versions of the background of the
phrase.

Wanda Duff
Northwest High School
Omaha, Nebraska
wduff@edu.unl.edu