"slang" and "informal" as dict labels [WAS: shirty?]

[James Smith]

--- "James A. Landau" <JJJRLandau at AOL.COM> wrote:
http://www.newjerseydevils.com/2003/community/legend.html
> A note on some team names:
>
> So the Lakers originally came from Salt Lake City? I
> always assumed that the
> name either was derived from "LA" as the
> abbreviation for Los Angeles (a la
> Philadelphia Phillies) or that the owner of the team
> was Sir Freddy Laker .

The "Lakers" originated in Minnesota, "Land of a
Thousand Lakes."

>...the Jazz (and is the obvious guess
> correct that they originated in
> New Orleans?)
>
>               - Jim Landau

Correct

How about a name trade; "Jazz" to San Franciso (ADS-L
readers should understand), "Warriors" to LA, and
"Lakers" to Utah.



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