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Attention Weather Channel People
IndianInlaw:
Please stop referring to Boston as "Beantown"
It's not clever and doesn't make you appear to be a Boston insider. In fact, it has the opposite effect.
People who live there cringe at the sound of it.
It's like referring to San Francisco as "Frisco".
Brentwood:
LOL! I can't believe they actually do that.
It probably grates on Bostonians' ears like it grates on my ears to hear Mpls/St. Paul referred to as The Twin Towns rather than The Twin Cities. Even I know better than to use "Beantown" or "Frisco." :)
Adah:
What's worse is, they usually get the weather wrong anyway.
HogwartsAlum:
--- Quote from: IndianInlaw on January 07, 2007, 11:50:25 PM ---Please stop referring to Boston as "Beantown"
It's not clever and doesn't make you appear to be a Boston insider. In fact, it has the opposite effect.
People who live there cringe at the sound of it.
It's like referring to San Francisco as "Frisco".
--- End quote ---
LOL!!! I agree. If you don't live there, just call it by its name.
The very first thing I learned when I moved to CA was not to call San Francisco "Frisco". Everyone calls it "San Fran." Now I can always tell if someone's really a Californian or if they are just trying to be cool.
ginlyn32:
Or when they say "Indy" for Indianapolis or "Hot-Lanta" for Atlanta....
It isn't cool or cute...they just sound like dorks!
Ginger
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