Sactown - is it worth it?

[wburg]

"Sac" was another common shortening when I grew up--"Sactown" is comparatively recent.

[Mr. Opinionated]

Originally Posted by sacramento916

I prefer Sactown.

Same here. Sounds kinda hip. Like P-Town.

[sacramento916]

Originally Posted by Mr. Opinionated

Same here. Sounds kinda hip. Like P-Town.

Or Oaktown, that's how I refer to Oakland most of the time.

[pistola916]

I like Sacto. It has an old fashion feel, sort of like Philly or Phila.

[KC6ZLV]

"Sac" came from the airport code KSAC (or SAC), which is still used by Sacramento Executive Airport.

"Sacto" comes from addressing. If you are fortunate to come across bottles, cans, or any other packaging from products made here in the past you may see the address as "Sacto, Calif."


"Sactown" may have come from CB radio slang. I remember hearing a lot of nicknames for cities back then. Bakersfield was called B-town, for example.

The pronunciation of "Sacammenna" is obviously a pronunciation from eastern dialiects, dropping the R and, a soft T, and some English dialects and European languages to prounounce an unstressed O somewhat like and A or ah. I've seen the name spelt as "Sacramenta" a few times in old mining journals, and it is pronounced that way in Russian. Get a crown of immigrants moving into an area and you are going to end up with a few different pronunciations.