City Names

[Amy Speed]

Add Denver to the list of non-clipped city names.

-----Original Message-----
From: Bonnie Osborn Briggs <BBriggs at LATTE.MEMPHIS.EDU>
To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
Date: Wednesday, December 01, 1999 9:11 AM
Subject: Re: City Names


>Memphis.  Unless you want to count Mempho as a clipped name.
>
>BB
>
>"Dennis R. Preston" wrote:
>>
>> What city don't have a clipped name? All the ones I've lived/worked in
do:
>>
>> New Albany - Nawbnee
>> Columbus - Clumps
>> Oswego - Swiga
>> Ann Arbor - Narber
>> Indianapolis - Nnnaplus (4 morae, no shit!)
>> East Lansing - Slansing
>> etc...
>>
>> dInIs
>>
>> >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.
>>
>> Dennis R. Preston
>> Department of Linguistics and Languages
>> Michigan State University
>> East Lansing MI 48824-1027 USA
>> preston at pilot.msu.edu
>> Office: (517)353-0740
>> Fax: (517)432-2736