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Please don't call California Cali, and we won't call Minnesota Mini.
Don't know where you're from, but I hope you get the picture. We don't call it Cali and find it annoying when people do. Just an FYI.
That said, enjoy the videos. A movie that shows lots of Santa Cruz beach scenery is the one with Gerard Butler, "Maverick" about surfing. Some good surfing with music in that movie.
[911 Operator] Hello, what is the nature of your emergency.
[Caller] I just want to report someone saying Cali.
[911 Operator] Uh, is that a problem? Isn't Cali a logical shortening of California?
[Caller] Duh... Of course it's a problem. That's the name of a city in Columbia!
[911 Operator] Santa Rosa is the name of a city in Argentina. So is San Rafael. There is a city in Chile named Los Angeles. El Cerrito is also a city in Columbia. Same for Fresno.
[Caller] It's not a problem when you use the whole name. It's only a problem if the short name is identical to a city somewhere else.
[911 Operator] Then there shouldn't be a problem because Cali is actually just the short name for Santiago de Cali. So the short name for California is the same as the short name for Santiago de Cali.
[Caller] No! You just aren't getting it. It's OK for cities to use the same proper or short names as cities in other countries, but you can't have a short name for a state be the same as the short name for a city in Columbia. That's so wrong.
[911 Operator] Sir, should I tell the residents of New England that they can no longer refer to Massachusetts as just Mass? Should we stop people from saying Penn State?
[Caller] No, it's quite OK when the state name has a lot of syllables like Massachusetts and Pennsylvania.
[911 Operator] Sir, psychiatric personnel are enroute to your location.
Please don't call California Cali, and we won't call Minnesota Mini.
Don't know where you're from, but I hope you get the picture. We don't call it Cali and find it annoying when people do. Just an FYI.
That said, enjoy the videos. A movie that shows lots of Santa Cruz beach scenery is the one with Gerard Butler, "Maverick" about surfing. Some good surfing with music in that movie.
I'm from Cali. LA to be precise. But thanks for suggestions, I've seen that movie - yeah, some great scenery.
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Originally Posted by CarawayDJ
Gotta recycle this...
[911 Operator] Hello, what is the nature of your emergency.
[Caller] I just want to report someone saying Cali.
[911 Operator] Uh, is that a problem? Isn't Cali a logical shortening of California?
[Caller] Duh... Of course it's a problem. That's the name of a city in Columbia!
[911 Operator] Santa Rosa is the name of a city in Argentina. So is San Rafael. There is a city in Chile named Los Angeles. El Cerrito is also a city in Columbia. Same for Fresno.
[Caller] It's not a problem when you use the whole name. It's only a problem if the short name is identical to a city somewhere else.
[911 Operator] Then there shouldn't be a problem because Cali is actually just the short name for Santiago de Cali. So the short name for California is the same as the short name for Santiago de Cali.
[Caller] No! You just aren't getting it. It's OK for cities to use the same proper or short names as cities in other countries, but you can't have a short name for a state be the same as the short name for a city in Columbia. That's so wrong.
[911 Operator] Sir, should I tell the residents of New England that they can no longer refer to Massachusetts as just Mass? Should we stop people from saying Penn State?
[Caller] No, it's quite OK when the state name has a lot of syllables like Massachusetts and Pennsylvania.
[911 Operator] Sir, psychiatric personnel are enroute to your location.
[911 Operator] Hello, what is the nature of your emergency.
[Caller] I just want to report someone saying Cali.
[911 Operator] Uh, is that a problem? Isn't Cali a logical shortening of California?
[Caller] Duh... Of course it's a problem. That's the name of a city in Columbia!
[911 Operator] Santa Rosa is the name of a city in Argentina. So is San Rafael. There is a city in Chile named Los Angeles. El Cerrito is also a city in Columbia. Same for Fresno.
[Caller] It's not a problem when you use the whole name. It's only a problem if the short name is identical to a city somewhere else.
[911 Operator] Then there shouldn't be a problem because Cali is actually just the short name for Santiago de Cali. So the short name for California is the same as the short name for Santiago de Cali.
[Caller] No! You just aren't getting it. It's OK for cities to use the same proper or short names as cities in other countries, but you can't have a short name for a state be the same as the short name for a city in Columbia. That's so wrong.
[911 Operator] Sir, should I tell the residents of New England that they can no longer refer to Massachusetts as just Mass? Should we stop people from saying Penn State?
[Caller] No, it's quite OK when the state name has a lot of syllables like Massachusetts and Pennsylvania.
[911 Operator] Sir, psychiatric personnel are enroute to your location.
LOL! That is pretty funny.
But, how'd you like it if people started calling Whidbey Island "Whid". Cool, dude, you live on Whid.
I actually had in-laws who lived on Whid. We went night fishing off a pier there. Love Whid. And that bridge - very cool can't remember the name of it. But, I loved my visits to Whid.
First we lived in The Attle and took the ferry. Later, after the divorce, I moved to The Ham up north and went to WWU. Very pretty in Wash, but glad to have better weather here in Cali.
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