City Names

[Margaret Lee]

Philadelphia is "Philly."

--- "Bradley, Beth M" <Beth.M.Bradley at UWSP.EDU> wrote:
> Indianapolis is called "Indie"
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Allynherna at AOL.COM [mailto:Allynherna at AOL.COM]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 1999 11:03 AM
> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Subject: City Names
>
>
> 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.
>


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Margaret G. Lee, Associate Professor,English & Linguistics
Department of English
Hampton University
Hampton, VA 23668
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