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"Nile" wrote in message ... I am amused by geographical nicknames - Lost Wages for Las Vegas, Taxachusettes for Massachusettes. Nashvegas for the country-show-business side of Nashville. I went to school in the eastern part of the state - Knoxville - which we referred to as "Knoxpatch" |
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eric h filted:
Seattle's tourist pitch as the emerald city never stuck with me; I always called it Jet City, after the product that made it famous after Rainier Beer and before Starbucks. It's also the "King City", after the county it's in...put that next to "Queen City" (Cincinnati) and "Duke City" (Albuquerque) and you've got 60% of a Jeopardy category....r |
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"Richard" wrote in message ...
"Joy" wrote in message ... 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 People here and in Austin refer to Dallas as DallAss or DullAss |
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Jipsey wrote in message . ..
"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! Isn't New Orleans sometimes called The Big Easy? Yes, and the Crescent City (because the crescent shape caused by the river running through the city) Houston is often called H-Town by locals or other Texans, while the city leaders have dubbed it Space City (for NASA) and Bayou City (for all the waterways) |
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On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 22:08:39 GMT, "Joy" wrote:
The Wet Coast = The West Coast Kitchy-Loo = Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario Lotusland = British Columbia Hongcouver = Vancouver Cowgary = Calgary Joy or the left coast = West Coast Vagina Saskabush = Regina Saskatchewan Steeltown = Pittsburgh or Hamiton The Peg or Winterpeg = Winnipeg |
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On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 22:08:39 GMT, "Joy" wrote:
The Wet Coast = The West Coast Kitchy-Loo = Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario Lotusland = British Columbia Hongcouver = Vancouver Cowgary = Calgary Joy or the left coast = West Coast Vagina Saskabush = Regina Saskatchewan Steeltown = Pittsburgh or Hamiton The Peg or Winterpeg = Winnipeg |
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On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 16:43:51 +0000, Trent Lott wrote:
"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. I Outta Went Around = the state of IOWA |
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Joy wrote:
Cowgary = Calgary Or simply Cowtown. Don't forget Edmonchuk, because of the Ukrainians. |
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Joy wrote:
Cowgary = Calgary Or simply Cowtown. Don't forget Edmonchuk, because of the Ukrainians. |
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