Well, where I live is often referred to as "Nova" or "NoVA", a contraction of Northern Virginia. And my wife is from Kansas City, MO, and often pronounces it "Kancity".
What's your neck of the woods called?
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"The Haute"
Gordon Nore
Senior Master
Toronto has been referred to as...
"Toronto the Good" For generations the city boasted among the highest number of churches per capita of any city in North America. The Municipal Council and Mayor's Office were run by the Orange Lodge up until the sixties (maybe early seventies). Canada's master retailer Timothy Eaton, an abstainer, built his first department store in the city. He had his window displays shuttered on Sundays, lest people stray from worship and rest to window shop. He also refused to sell tobacco products in his stores -- a policy which continued decades after his death.
"Hogtown" Canada Packers was a major employer for a long time, and the meatpacking business fed a lot of working class families fo quite some years.
More recently, simply "TO" (tee-oh).
Torontonians call it "Trawna."
"Toronto the Good" For generations the city boasted among the highest number of churches per capita of any city in North America. The Municipal Council and Mayor's Office were run by the Orange Lodge up until the sixties (maybe early seventies). Canada's master retailer Timothy Eaton, an abstainer, built his first department store in the city. He had his window displays shuttered on Sundays, lest people stray from worship and rest to window shop. He also refused to sell tobacco products in his stores -- a policy which continued decades after his death.
"Hogtown" Canada Packers was a major employer for a long time, and the meatpacking business fed a lot of working class families fo quite some years.
More recently, simply "TO" (tee-oh).
Torontonians call it "Trawna."
qwksilver61
Black Belt
Retard county (Brevard county Fla.)
Ho-lando (Orlando)
Mel-boring (Melbourne Fla.)
Coo-coo,or Coke Whore (Cocoa Fla)
Coo-Coo beach (Cocoa Beach,Fla.)
Tidy ville,or Tite *** ville (Titusville,Fla)
I've also heard Portland Oregon referred to as "Potland"
Ho-lando (Orlando)
Mel-boring (Melbourne Fla.)
Coo-coo,or Coke Whore (Cocoa Fla)
Coo-Coo beach (Cocoa Beach,Fla.)
Tidy ville,or Tite *** ville (Titusville,Fla)
I've also heard Portland Oregon referred to as "Potland"
The salt city, CNY.
Tomu
Orange Belt
I currently reside in Danville, IL.
Commonly known as Dvegas or little Chicago(and not for good reasons either).
Commonly known as Dvegas or little Chicago(and not for good reasons either).
KenpoTex
Senior Master
Don't know of any common nicknames other than "Misery" but I refer to this area as "white-trash hillbilly central."
OTOH, Missouri is the meth capitol of the US so I guess it could be "meth country" the way CA has "wine country"
OTOH, Missouri is the meth capitol of the US so I guess it could be "meth country" the way CA has "wine country"
ah yes, the meth of missouri is famous! i prefer the ozark strains myself, something about the store brand wal mart bathroom cleaners really brings out a speedy, lucid tweek without too much of an acidic taste. the northern missouri meth is much less subtle but still passable...but let's face it, it's for nebraskans.
jf
jf
qwksilver61
Black Belt
Shame,I grew up in St.Louis.I just spoke with an old school buddy,seems a few chaps fell by the way of the speed/crack demon.Sad .....very sad.Back in the day it was just Pot and beer,no guns no gangs.Now even in this neck of the woods it's crack hoe's and thug lifers.What the hell is wrong with people?
Nothing exciting or clever here. I'm just in the Northwest Burbs.
I live in a town called Athol most people outside and inside of town chabge the "t" to "ss" when saying the name
The city I lived in for a couple of decades, Stoke-On-Trent is also known as The Potteries (for obvious reasons). Now that is no longer true thanks to the evils of bean-counter-lead 'outsourcing'. When the likes of Wedgewood go bump, you know things have gone horribly wrong - a thousand years of ceramics expertise lost in less than a generation .
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Where I am from it is the Great North! Yes we are also barbarians!
Way back when Moby Dick was a minnow, and I was stationed at Great Lakes naval base, Chicago was called the windy city. I have not heard that in a long time, could that still be the case.
Way back when Moby Dick was a minnow, and I was stationed at Great Lakes naval base, Chicago was called the windy city. I have not heard that in a long time, could that still be the case.
Yes, Chicago is still referred to the Windy City. Also Chi-town. We are actually located in the suburban sprawl about 30-40 miles northwest of the city.
As an aside, alot of people think the Windy City refers to it being windy in Chicago with the lake and all, but it actually refers to all the hot air our politicians blow.
bydand
Senior Master
The Mitten, The West Coast, Gods Area Code, A couple I can't mention for fear of banishment from the site .
In other words, the West side of Michigan's lower peninsula (Yet another Troll here, even though I graduated from the U.P.). Little place named Scottville, which is just to the East of Ludington. About 20 minutes North of Crushing I believe.
. In other words, the West side of Michigan's lower peninsula (Yet another Troll here, even though I graduated from the U.P.). Little place named Scottville, which is just to the East of Ludington. About 20 minutes North of Crushing I believe.
Lynne
Master of Arts
The Southern Tier; Upstate NY
My own pet name is "Appalachian Gooberland."
My own pet name is "Appalachian Gooberland."
