Re: Call it "Frisco" if I damn well wanna

[Travis Hartnett <travishartnett@gmail.com>]

Surely one of the San Fran loopers can start a series of Friscotronics
performances?

On 8/15/05, joe rut <joerut@lycos.com> wrote:
> 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
> 
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