"Tagline Guru" survey has 'Big Apple" number one nickname

[Laurence Horn]

At 12:12 PM -0700 9/21/05, carole crompton wrote:
>and what about my hometown, La La Land?


Number 10 at the Taglineguru site below, but spelled with a hyphen.
The listing ranks the top 50 U.S. city nicknames.

L

>On Wednesday, September 21, 2005, at 07:16 AM, Laurence Horn wrote:
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>>At 9:00 AM -0400 9/21/05, Bapopik at AOL.COM wrote:
>>>The well-known moniker, "The Big Apple," was ranked #1 out of nearly
>>>800 city
>>>  nicknames, followed by "Sin City" (Las Vegas); "The Big Easy" (New
>>>Orleans);
>>>  "Motor City" (Detroit); and "The Windy City" (Chicago).
>>>
>>>Highlighted  Links
>>>_Full Survey Results _
>>>(http://www.marketwire.com/mw/
>>>frame_multimedia?prid=95613&attachid=206417)
>>>_Award  Winners_
>>>(http://www.marketwire.com/mw/
>>>frame_multimedia?prid=95613&attachid=206414)
>>>
>>>Rankings were based on whether slogans and nicknames expressed a
>>>city's brand
>>>  character and personality; told a story in a clever, original, and
>>>memorable
>>>  way; and inspired others to visit there, move there, or learn more.
>>>For a list of the 50 top-ranked slogans and 50 top-ranked nicknames,
>>>and the
>>>criteria and methodology used to select them, go to
>>>_www.taglineguru.com/citymottosmonikers.html_
>>>(http://www.taglineguru.com/citymottosmonikers.html)
>>
>>Hey, they left out New Haven, the Elm City.  Yes, all our elms died
>>off, but why should that be held against us?  Granted, it's not as
>>poetic as Porkopolis or The Protestant Vatican, but...
>>
>>L