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Geographical Nicknames
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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? Thanks! |
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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! ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Katherine Becker "As god is my witness I thought turkeys could fly" NEVER SEND A FERRET TO DO A WEASEL's JOB --WKRP ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ |
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"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 |
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"Joy" wrote in message ... 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 :-) |
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"Joy" wrote in message ... 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! |
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"Joy" wrote in message ... 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. |
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"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. |
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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? |
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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" ************* DAVE HATUNEN ) ************* * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow * * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps * |
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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 ************* DAVE HATUNEN ) ************* * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow * * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps * |
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