City Names

[Donald M. Lance]

In Missouri:
Clumbya -- where the University is (not really clipping)
Jeff  -- the capital of the state

DMLance

"M. Lynne Murphy" wrote:

> Waco seems not to be clipped.  It's just called Wacko sometimes.
> Champaign-Urbana becomes Chambana (or Shampoo-Banana)
> I don't think Amherst (MA) gets clipped--though when you move there you
> learn not to pronounce the H, but i don't think that should count as
> clipping.
> My home town of Newark, NY is derogatorily called Nurk, Nyurk by people
> who've moved out.
>
> And we already talked about Jo'burg, so that's where I've lived...
> Lynne
>
> ----------
> >From: Bonnie Osborn Briggs <BBriggs at LATTE.MEMPHIS.EDU>
> >To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> >Subject: Re: City Names
> >Date: Wed, Dec 1, 1999, 10:17 AM
> >
>
> >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