"Tagline Guru" survey has 'Big Apple" number one nickname

[Wilson Gray]

How can this be?! My birthplace, Marshall, TX, "The Fire-Ant Capital
of the United States," didn't make the cut? I'm so disappointed!

-Wilson Gray

On 9/21/05, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu> wrote:
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> Poster:       Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU>
> Subject:      Re: "Tagline Guru" survey has 'Big Apple" number one nickname
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> At 9:00 AM -0400 9/21/05, Bapopik at AOL.COM wrote:
> >The well-known moniker, "The Big Apple," was ranked #1 out of nearly 800 city
> >  nicknames, followed by "Sin City" (Las Vegas); "The Big Easy" (New Orleans);
> >  "Motor City" (Detroit); and "The Windy City" (Chicago).
> >
> >Highlighted  Links
> >_Full Survey Results _
> >(http://www.marketwire.com/mw/frame_multimedia?prid=95613&attachid=206417)
> >_Award  Winners_
> >(http://www.marketwire.com/mw/frame_multimedia?prid=95613&attachid=206414)
> >
> >Rankings were based on whether slogans and nicknames expressed a city's brand
> >  character and personality; told a story in a clever, original, and memorable
> >  way; and inspired others to visit there, move there, or learn more.
> >For a list of the 50 top-ranked slogans and 50 top-ranked nicknames, and the
> >criteria and methodology used to select them, go to
> >_www.taglineguru.com/citymottosmonikers.html_
> >(http://www.taglineguru.com/citymottosmonikers.html)
>
> Hey, they left out New Haven, the Elm City.  Yes, all our elms died
> off, but why should that be held against us?  Granted, it's not as
> poetic as Porkopolis or The Protestant Vatican, but...
>
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-Wilson Gray