"slang" and "informal" as dict labels

[Laurence Horn]

At 10:21 AM -0500 2/17/03, James A. Landau wrote:
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>I have no idea about San Francisco (which is also sometimes called "SF",
>isn't it?).
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If I'm right, it depends on what "called" means.  As I mentioned, my
sense is that it's ok to refer to it that way in print, but that
nobody actually says "SF" colloquially; it's like "NY" for New York
or "SD" for San Diego in this respect, rather than "LA" or "KC".  I
could be wrong, though.

Larry