what cities are more often not called by their given names? (school, DMV)

[2e1m5a]

Originally Posted by mhans123

ATL for Atlanta
L.A. for Los Angeles
Tampa for Tampa Bay

....That's all I can think of and I agree with all the ones you mentioned.

Agree with LA and Tampa, but do people in Atlanta really say "ATL" more than "Atlanta"?
Maybe it's just me, but Atlanta seems so much easier to say and they're both the same amount of syllables anyway.

[Tezcatlipoca]

Originally Posted by caphillsea77

Worcester, Mass still has it's given name how ever it's butchered by the Mass accent into "Wusstah".

Worcester County, MD is "wuarster". I think it's a commonly simplified name.

[kidphilly]

Does dropping the "city" really translate to a nick name

like New York or Salt Lake?

[CrowGirl]

Originally Posted by mhans123

ATL for Atlanta
L.A. for Los Angeles
Tampa for Tampa Bay

....That's all I can think of and I agree with all the ones you mentioned.

Actually Tampa is the city. "Tampa Bay" is the general area, which is generally considered to include St. Petersburg, BRandon, Oldsmar, Safety Harbor, etc. etc., all of which are separate cities.

[Spade]

Originally Posted by kidphilly

Does dropping the "city" really translate to a nick name

like New York or Salt Lake?

Was thinking the same exact thing.

[kidphilly]

would say on the whole

LA
DC
Philly

are most commonly used but you really could say all are more shortened forms of the name as opposed to a true nick name

All are also very long - like is Minny a nick name for Minneapolis (another long one)

A true nick name would be something like Queen City

[kidphilly]

Originally Posted by Spade

Was thinking the same exact thing.

great minds...

[xboxmas]

A lot of people seem to say "Vegas" instead of Las Vegas.

[grapico]

Originally Posted by mhans123

ATL for Atlanta
L.A. for Los Angeles
Tampa for Tampa Bay

....That's all I can think of and I agree with all the ones you mentioned.

Tampa is the correct name...

[ccm123]

"The City" to us natives (San Francisco)