> ESS EFF (S. F.) ... > Corkery calls San Francisco "Ess Eff." This is not in the RHHDAS. > "Frisco" is a no-no, but Ess Eff? That's better?? I assume most ADS-L readers will be familiar with (and may have already mentioned; I haven't been keeping up with e-mail) the use of "Esseph" as a pseudonym of sorts for San Francisco in David Lodge's _Changing Places._ Jesse Sheidlower