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Not even close, LA is known worldwide as LA, LA fitness, LA tan, LAX etc. When someone references New York its always "new york", the only thing I see NYC on is on clothing, when someone references Los Angeles most likely you will here "LA", but I respect your opinion
I raise my hand and second you!
Here on CD of course, we often see NYC as shorthand to save time writing.
But in RL, you occasionally hear or see NYC but it is usually the full New York or even New York City. Los Angeles is just the opposite. For instance, think of how many songs say "New York" compared to those that say Los Angeles". Most songs seem to use "LA". LA just sounds cool.
More than you think, people are offended if you shorten the name of their town. Frisco or San-Antone or St. Looie or Chi-town will just get you dirty looks.
It's mostly smaller cities that get universally shortened. like Pass (Christian), Mississippi, or (Wisconsin) Rapids, Wisconsin, or Alec (xandria), Louisiana or Sault (Ste. Marie), Michigan or Ark (ansas) City, Kansas.
Never heard of Pass Christian or Alexandria being shortened. I thought all Texans called it San Antone, that's the way my Austin cousin says it.
I have NEVER heard anyone talk about New York by actually saying NY or NYC. I've seen it in written form but.....and it's a big BUT, it's always said as if it's fully written.
LA & DC are the only initials I hear consistently to identify a city and Philly and P-Town are the only shortened city names that I hear consistently. I am sure that there are other shortened names that are used locally or regionally but these are the only ones that I hear consistently.
I have NEVER heard anyone talk about New York by actually saying NY or NYC. I've seen it in written form but.....and it's a big BUT, it's always said as if it's fully written.
LA & DC are the only initials I hear consistently to identify a city and Philly and P-Town are the only shortened city names that I hear consistently. I am sure that there are other shortened names that are used locally or regionally but these are the only ones that I hear consistently.
I've heard NYC/NY before but its not that common, usually I've heard it in rap lyrics but not much by the mainstream media.
Here on CD of course, we often see NYC as shorthand to save time writing.
But in RL, you occasionally hear or see NYC but it is usually the full New York or even New York City. Los Angeles is just the opposite. For instance, think of how many songs say "New York" compared to those that say Los Angeles". Most songs seem to use "LA". LA just sounds cool.
The real difference, IMHO, is that one both says and writes "LA", where as "NY" and "NYC" are only written.
As far as being "said", I think it more common even to hear "SF" than "NY".
Pittsburgh and Atlanta have both initials and clipped names.
Pittsburgh actually has two sets of initials: PGH, which is the more traditional and popular one, and PIT, which is both the airport code and the sports abbreviation. Its clipped name is "the 'Burgh."
Atlanta's initials are ATL, which might not (yet) be known worldwide, but is certainly known nationwide. It's also all-encompassing, being the traditional abbreviation, the airport code and the sports abbreviation. It has two clipped names: "A-Town" and "the A."
Something neat that I've noticed: Atlanta (ATL) and St. Louis (STL) have similar abbreviations, and so do Chicago (CHI) and Philadelphia (PHI).
RVA= Richmond
P-Town= Portsmouth
VB, Va Beach (pronounced "vah"), or just the Beach= Virginia Beach
When I lived in San Francisco, I saw "SF" a lot. When you're in the Bay Area most people just say "the City" and you know what they mean. Definitely didn't hear Frisco or San Fran much.
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