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Hatunen wrote: Chicago never nicknames in my mind. You never heard of Chi-town (SHY-town") or the Windy City? Heard of 'em, but they don't stick in my mind, and they're rarely used in conversation. Sometimes in newspapers, etc., maybe in ads or business names. I'm sure they have nicknames for us in Madtown* or Naptown. *Madison, Wisconsin -- --- "Wake Up, Everybody."--McFadden/Whitehead/Carstarphen RIP John Whitehead 1948-2004 |
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In article ,
Hatunen wrote: Chicago never nicknames in my mind. You never heard of Chi-town (SHY-town") or the Windy City? Heard of 'em, but they don't stick in my mind, and they're rarely used in conversation. Sometimes in newspapers, etc., maybe in ads or business names. I'm sure they have nicknames for us in Madtown* or Naptown. *Madison, Wisconsin -- --- "Wake Up, Everybody."--McFadden/Whitehead/Carstarphen RIP John Whitehead 1948-2004 |
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Don Kirkman filted:
It seems to me I heard somewhere that eric h wrote in article : 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. Baghdad by the Bay. Around a hundred years ago, before the movie business moved in and gave it a population boost, northern Californians referred to Los Angeles as "the Queen of the Cow Counties"....r |
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jchase schrieb:
[Geographical nicknames] Can't think of any outside the US- or are they too dependent on language to translate? Too dependent on language, probably. I know quite some nicknames for German places; most of them depend on words sounding or looking similar to the place name. A few are originating from English words, like "Hangover" for Hannover or "Fishtown" for Bremerhaven. .... Martin |
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It seems to me I heard somewhere that R H Draney wrote in article
: Don Kirkman filted: It seems to me I heard somewhere that eric h wrote in article : 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. Baghdad by the Bay. Around a hundred years ago, before the movie business moved in and gave it a population boost, northern Californians referred to Los Angeles as "the Queen of the Cow Counties"....r Hadn't heard that in my part of Central California, but I don't yet go back the full hundred years. IIUC that monicker started in the mining camps because most of the edible meat came up from Los Angeles--SF was the source of most other non-local goods. Hides were also shipped to the east from what is now Orange County. -- Don |
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In Nova Scotia, we have Musquodoboit Harbour = Mosquito Bite Harbour
(that was a tough one to spell!!) J. |
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I hear the trees in Kansas all bend south cause Texas sucks.
"Hatunen" wrote in message ... 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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"eric h" wrote in message ... In article , PeterL wrote: 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. Just don't call if Frisco (Herb's advice) Bruce |
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"eric h" wrote in message ... In article , PeterL wrote: 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. Just don't call if Frisco (Herb's advice) Bruce |
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