terms for CA
Peter A. McGraw
pmcgraw at LINFIELD.EDU
Fri Sep 1 15:49:16 UTC 2000
Do you mean terms for the state as a whole, or also terms for cities in
California--such as your example of "Tinseltown," which to my knowledge
refers only to Hollywood?
Peter Mc.
--On Fri, Sep 1, 2000 11:27 AM -0400 Elizabeth Phillips
<phille at NYTIMES.COM> wrote:
> I'm also looking for way of referring to California (such as "La-la land"
> or "Tinseltown") and the origins of such names. If you have useful
> information on this topic as well, I'd be very appreciative.
>
> Thanks,
> Elizabeth Phillips
> Research Assistant
> "On Language"
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Peter A. McGraw
Linfield College * McMinnville, OR
pmcgraw at linfield.edu
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