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

[Wilson Gray]

Thanks, Ben! But would you believe that Marshall, TX, is already on
the list as self-proclaimed "Pottery Capital of the World"? Pottery
may be more of a draw than fire ants, but not much more, IMO.

-Wilson

On 9/21/05, Benjamin Zimmer <bgzimmer at rci.rutgers.edu> wrote:
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> On Wed, 21 Sep 2005 14:33:24 -0400, Wilson Gray wrote:
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> >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!
>
> You'll need to add that to Wikipedia's "Self-Proclaimed Capitals" list...
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_city_nicknames#Self-proclaimed_Capitals_of_the_World
>
> No fire ants, but they do have the fire *hydrant* capital of the world
> (Albertville, Alabama) and the fire *brick* capital of the world (Mexico,
> Missouri).
>
> There's a reasonably comprehensive list of city nicknames here:
> http://got.net/~landauer/lists/CityOf.html
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>
> --Ben Zimmer
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-Wilson Gray