Geographical Nicknames

Hi -

I am amused by geographical nicknames - Lost Wages for Las Vegas,
Taxachusettes for Massachusettes.

Can anyone come up with any more?

Thanks!

Minneapolis -- Minnie No Place

There's a town in Iowa called Estherville. Neighbors
call it EverStill.



On Tue, 31 Aug 2004, Joy wrote:

Hi -

I am amused by geographical nicknames - Lost Wages for Las Vegas,
Taxachusettes for Massachusettes.

Can anyone come up with any more?

Thanks!




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"Joy" wrote in message
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I am amused by geographical nicknames - Lost Wages for Las Vegas,
Taxachusettes for Massachusettes.

Can anyone come up with any more?

The Rock or The Granite Planet for the main island of Labrador that is
Newfoundland.
Winterpeg instead of Winnipeg
Monkeytown instead of Moncton
The Soo for Sault Sainte Marie
Hogtown for Toronto

Hell A instead of LA
New York ****ty instead of New York City
Beantown for Boston

Richard

"Joy" wrote in message
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Hi -

I am amused by geographical nicknames - Lost Wages for Las Vegas,
Taxachusettes for Massachusettes.

Can anyone come up with any more?

Thanks!

Well, a lot of folks refer to Atlanta as Hotlanta. They use it a lot to sell
the nightlife, etc., but in reality, it refers to our often stifling summers
:-)

"Joy" wrote in message
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Hi -

I am amused by geographical nicknames - Lost Wages for Las Vegas,
Taxachusettes for Massachusettes.

Can anyone come up with any more?


LaLaLand for LA.


Thanks!

"Joy" wrote in message
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Hi -

I am amused by geographical nicknames - Lost Wages for Las Vegas,
Taxachusettes for Massachusettes.

Can anyone come up with any more?

Thanks!


SackofTomato for Sacramento.

"Joy" wrote in news:LN0Zc.116328$Np3.5055534@ursa-
nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca:
I am amused by geographical nicknames - Lost Wages for Las Vegas,
Taxachusettes for Massachusettes.

Can anyone come up with any more?

North KKKarolina for North Carolina.

Joy wrote:
Hi -

I am amused by geographical nicknames - Lost Wages for Las Vegas,
Taxachusettes for Massachusettes.

Can anyone come up with any more?

Thanks!


New Yuck City

ArmPittsburgh, the Armpit of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, the City of Brotherly Shove (refers to driving habits)

Outside of that, all the dull conventional ones- The Big Apple, The
Windy City, Motortown or Motown (Detroit), the Mile High City, Sin City
(also Las Vegas)

Can't think of any outside the US- or are they too dependent on language
to translate?

On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 15:27:39 GMT, "Joy"
wrote:

Hi -

I am amused by geographical nicknames - Lost Wages for Las Vegas,
Taxachusettes for Massachusettes.

Can anyone come up with any more?

Kids in Pacifica, CA, call it "Pathetica"

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On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 20:39:54 GMT, "K"
wrote:

There's Baja Oklahoma for Texas.

Know why Oklahoma doesn't slide down into Texas?

Because Kansas sucks

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* Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow *
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