City Names

Stephanie Hysmith sh120888 at OHIO.EDU
Wed Dec 1 03:42:23 UTC 1999


Would "DC" count as clipping? We certainly never called it "Wash."

At 12:02 PM 11/30/99 EST, you wrote:
>This may have been discussed on our list or on the ANS list...but...has
>anyone compiled a list of cities that have "clipped" names in local usage?
>1.  Flagstaff=Flag
>2.  Rapid City=Rapid
>3.  Vancouver=Van
>etc.
>



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