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There's Baja Oklahoma for Texas.
"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! |
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"Joy" wrote...
I am amused by geographical nicknames - Lost Wages for Las Vegas, Taxachusettes for Massachusettes. Can anyone come up with any more? My hometown: "Hogtown" for Gainesville, Florida... but then, that was its actual name at one time. [R] |
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The Wet Coast = The West Coast
Kitchy-Loo = Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario Lotusland = British Columbia Hongcouver = Vancouver Cowgary = Calgary Joy |
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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? Within the state of Washington: Bremerton - Bummertown Port Orchard - Port Tortured Edmonds - Deadmonds and, of course, the People's Republic of Seattle. === Stephen Dailey Shoreline, Washington USA 31 Aug 2004, 1833 PDT |
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"Joy" wrote in news:HF6Zc.116615$Np3.5065022@ursa-
nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca: The Wet Coast = The West Coast Kitchy-Loo = Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario Never heard that one and I lived there for several years Kay Dub is occasionally heard |
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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? Thanks! We visited Port Isable, Texas last February, and dubbed it Port Isabore. Em The first half of our lives is ruined by our parents, and the second half by our children. --- Clarence Darrow (make that YOUR children). |
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I am amused by geographical nicknames - Lost Wages for Las Vegas, Taxachusettes for Massachusettes. Nashvegas for the country-show-business side of Nashville. |
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In article , PeterL wrote:
LaLaLand for LA. I've used this, but I much prefer Herb Caen's word: Lozangeles. He also sometimes referred to his beloved San Francisco as Ess Eff. A friend from Washington's arid "tri-cities" of Richland, Pasco and Kennewick refers to them as the Dry ****ties. Indianapolis often suffers the nick of "India-No-Place." I like visiting Indy, but have slipped and referred to it as Nap Town. 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. Chicago never nicknames in my mind. -- --- "Wake Up, Everybody."--McFadden/Whitehead/Carstarphen RIP John Whitehead 1948-2004 |
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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? Mostly Peculiar for Montpelier, VT. -- Bill Pittman; change for e-mail as indicated |
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