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Why is "The Island" only referring to Long, and not Coney, Staten, Rhode, etc.?
Trust me, if you had spent your adolescence in Bayonne--as I did--"The Island" would always be thought of primarily as a reference to Staten Island.
As regards "Rhode Island", I think that a bigger issue is the fact that most people unintentionally abbreviate the name of that state. The official name of our smallest state is, "State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations".
As regards "Rhode Island", I think that a bigger issue is the fact that most people unintentionally abbreviate the name of that state. The official name of our smallest state is, "State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations".
Yep - what they lack in acreage they make up for in letters...
Trust me, if you had spent your adolescence in Bayonne--as I did--"The Island" would always be thought of primarily as a reference to Staten Island.
As regards "Rhode Island", I think that a bigger issue is the fact that most people unintentionally abbreviate the name of that state. The official name of our smallest state is, "State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations".
And most of the state is not, in fact, an Island. So calling it "The Island" would be incorrect.
It was named after the Greek island of Rhodes, but the funny thing is, that the island they were talking about off the coast of mainland Rhode Island was not actually even named Rhodes. It had a name that I don't remember right now.
Always ,always when I hear people talk about the "Island"the questions is always Staten or Long ?Always.
Not in any convos I have with people around me or in "the city" - as the bastard child of the five boroughs, it is almost always referred to specifically as STATEN Island (and when it is isn't, it is called something far less appealing)
And most of the state is not, in fact, an Island. So calling it "The Island" would be incorrect.
It was named after the Greek island of Rhodes, but the funny thing is, that the island they were talking about off the coast of mainland Rhode Island was not actually even named Rhodes. It had a name that I don't remember right now.
The island's name is Aquidneck Island, derived from the Narragansett language. That island was, in fact, originally known by the Europeans as "Rhode Island" or things to that effect.
The poster was joking around about how the two names sound so similar.
Just like "Belmar" and "Bellmawr".
I recently talked to another healthcare professional who told me she replied "yes" when verbally told of a meeting for her specialty in Moorestown. (She and I are both from South Jersey.) It was only later when she got the directions in an email, that she realized the person must have said "Morristown". A 45 minute (max.) trip became a 2-1/2 hour sojourn.
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A 45 minute (max.) trip became a 2-1/2 hour sojourn.
