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Kim- Exactly..."tourists". But if you look at the demographics of "The City", the majority of the people who live there are not from there. And the people who protest the most about "Frisco" are people who are not from "The City" to begin with but desperately want to fit in and thus adopt the feigned horror of the locals at the use of this nickname. Not really useful as a device to differentiate the tourist from the locals at all... Joe Rut ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kim Flint" <kflint@loopers-delight.com> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com Subject: Re: Call it "Frisco" if I damn well wanna Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2005 13:15:32 -0700 > > I always thought of "Frisco" as a convenient way to differentiate > the tourists. Similar to people wearing shorts in summer. Or people > who use the word "electronica". > > It's not offensive, it just gives locals a reason to look down our > noses in disdain at the poor wretch from the hinterlands. :-) > > Real old timers don't even call it San Francisco. It is simply "The > City". (capitalized, of course.) > > kim > > > At 12:19 PM 8/14/2005, joe rut wrote: > > As someone not born in SF, but who lived there for years, I can't > > even tell you the > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Kim Flint | Looper's Delight > kflint@loopers-delight.com | http://www.loopers-delight.com -- _______________________________________________ Search for businesses by name, location, or phone number. -Lycos Yellow Pages http://r.lycos.com/r/yp_emailfooter/http://yellowpages.lycos.com/default.asp?SRC=lycos10