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

[Ed Keer]

There are similar examples for "Philly": south philly,
north philly, west philly, philly phanatic, etc.
Though I'd never trust anything that called itself a
"Philly Cheesesteak"...

Caveat-I'm not from Philly, but one of the many
suburbs. Don't know how echt Philadelphians feel about
these.

Ed

--- "James A. Landau" <JJJRLandau at AOL.COM> wrote:
> In a message dated 2/17/03 11:49:07 AM Eastern
> Standard Time,
> pmcgraw at LINFIELD.EDU writes:
>
> > "Jersey" for New Jersey, which is used by New
> Yorkers but not by people who
> >  live in New Jersey.
>
> Counterexamples:
>
> "South Jersey" ("SJ" only in newspaper headlines) is
> the common term for that
> part of New Jersey south of approximately Trenton.
> "Southern New Jersey" is
> never used.
>
> "Jersey" was the nickname for the Standard Oil
> Company of New Jersey before
> it changed its name to "Exxon".
>
> "Jersey Devil" (never "New Jersey Devil") is the
> local legend around here.
> He is not a Mephistoles but more of a mischief-maker
> said to haunt the local
> Pinelands.  The 177th Fighter Squadron based at the
> airport where I work is
> the "Jersey Devils".  The Jersey Devil legend is
> documented from at least the
> early 19th Century and may have originated as an
> actual person of the 18th
> Century (if so, his name was probably "Leeds").  The
> hockey team "New Jersey
> Devils" came long after the Jersey Devil legend and
> I don't know if there is
> any connection.
>
>         - James A. Landau
>           systems engineer
>           FAA Technical Center (ACB-510/BCI)
>           Atlantic City Int'l Airport NJ 08405 USA


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