Who calls San Francisco "Frisco"??

[ronnykmarshall]

:evilfrown::mad::nuke::evilfrown::mad::nuke::evilfrown::mad::nuke::evilfrown::mad::nuke::evilfrown::mad::nuke::evilfrown::mad::nuke:

[trof]

1. Only people who want to piss off

native Friscans.
;-)

[joeybee12]

3. The correct term for those in Northern california is to refer to SF as...

..."The City."

[FlashHarry]

38. I always thought that was NYC!

LOL!

[HawkerHurricane]

41. Manhattan, to be precise

Only Marin County folk call San Fran "The City" (complete with capital letters and quotation marks when they say it). Folks I've met who live in Frisco don't seem to mind it.

[cherryperry]

6. Well, I was born in San Francisco and

spent 18 years of my life there, so I just chalk it up to jealousy and character defects whenever I see or hear that. I doubt I really handle it all that well, but it does seem to calm me down a bit!

[Duncan Grant]

28. Cherryperry, hope you don't mind but I thought this would be a fun thread

...in which to mention to the DU community that we used to be neighbors (but didn't know it until we met here).

Yep folks, we used to share a view of each other through the back windows...errr, that is to say, we very nearly shared the same backyard. Ah, the small world syndrome strikes again!

:hi:

Cherryperry, I promise that I never looked into your windows. Really! I didn't...

[newyawker99]

33. Congrats 94114!! 300 posts

:toast:

[arcane1]

2. nobody who lives there, as far as I know

I hear it on the east caose alot, but never here!

[izzie]

4. Used to hear this said alot. But I am old so who knows

:crazy:

[Character Assassin]

5. Stupid jag-off out-of-towners with a lot of lip.

Why do you ask?

[Maple]

7. Everybody

because 'San Francisco' is too long to say

Fashion trends notwithstanding.

[cherryperry]

8. Please see #5 and BTW,

it is NOT a fashion trend - it's gone on for over a century!

[cally]

9. Well, my deceased great aunt

who would be about 90 now called SF that. Enough said. :evilgrin: I've never heard any other native Californian use frisco.

[ronnykmarshall]

10. My grandmother did

My uncle still does and it drives me up the wall.

[trof]

11. Airline pilots call it "San Fran"

As in "I got an 18 hour layover in San Fran."
Don't know why.
:shrug:

[ronnykmarshall]

12. Cool night pic.

[Demobrat]

23. My nabe!

The answer to the question is nobody.

[cherryperry]

35. <sigh>

I definitely left my heart ...

So, is the Tower Records store still out Stockton nearer to the Wharf area?

:pals:

[BrotherBuzz]

37. Stockton?

I thought Tower Records was at Columbus and Bay, at least that's where when they first opened in San Francisco in the sixties. Did they move?

[Duncan Grant]

13. LOL!

WeHo (West Hollywood) boys have all the fun!

Greetings from "The City"! It's beautiful here today!

:hi:

[ronnykmarshall]

14. I've heard it's been wonderful

Happy Folsom Street Fair!!! I always liked it when it was hot that weekend. Hot weather, hot men in leather!

[Duncan Grant]

18. sssshhhh!

We wouldn't want the freepers to do an image search on Google for "Folsom Street Fair" now would we?! :evilgrin:

Yeah, it's on Sunday the 28th this year. I haven't been for awhile...such a vanilla life these last few years. Nothin' wrong with vanilla though, it takes all kinds to make a world (thank God)!

:toast:

[cherryperry]

36. I miss you... eom

[WillyT]

15. Sounds Too Much Like Crisco !!!

Although I've been to a few Frisco Crisco parties in my time!!!

:evilgrin:

[LeftCoast]

16. Not a native, but I live here

I hate it when people use "Frisco". It's silly, but it just annoys. I use SF or San Fran or The City if I don't want to call it San Francisco. BTW, it's really incredible here today. Sunny, about 75 F. I can see just a hint of fog off the coast, but it'll probably go away.

Hmm...I'll go see if I can take a picture. I'll post if anyone's interested...

[Duncan Grant]

21. Please do...

the lounge always loves a good share and "The City" is so photogenic!

[ronnykmarshall]

22. Yeah please do!

I love pics of the city.

[LeftCoast]

30. OK! Here's the thread!

:)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=208303

I want to see some of your pix too!

[mitchtv]

31. I lived in the city from 67 til 85

we always informed the offender that Frisco was in Texas.

[frylock]

17. huggy bear?

[Character Assassin]

24. Harry Mudd?

[Fixated]

19. ....

I do it sometimes because I live in PA, so no one has any idea what I'm talking about.

[GregW]

20. Errr ... no one

OK ... no one who's actually BEEN to San Francisco.

As stated a number of times above, the correct abbreviation is, "The City".

The 16 years I previously spent in San Jose on the other hand, were known as, "The Sewer".

[Duncan Grant]

26. Really? "The Sewer"?

I always think of San Jose as a much more stressful place than San Francisco but it's not without it's charms. To tell the truth though, I don't spend too much time south of SFO; more of Marin, Napa, Sonoma, etc. guy myself. :D

[LeftCoast]

32. I like going down that way.

In July, when it's FREEZING in SF I love going down for a saturday and hitting my favorite places - Fry's, used bookstores, restaurants- while basking in the warmth. :)

[HawkerHurricane]

42. I've been there many times

Had relatives who lived there; been stationed up there, visited there with ships...
AND
numerous natives of San Fran called it Frisco. To my face. Even after hearing I was from L.A.
And if you go anywhere but Northern CA, "The City" is Manhattan.

You know, San Fran reminds me of Boston...the big city on the coast that got passed up by other cities, and resents it. The glory days aren't quite there anymore, and when you realize you've been left behind, you get cranky.

[Piperay]

25. My aunt did but

what else can you expect from a conservative repig??? :spank: At least she was only related to me through marriage and not by blood. :-)

[whirlygigspin]

27. Here's to America's greatest city!

:toast:

I'll come back home to you one day!

[Maple]

29. Everybody calls it that

Calling it 'the city' would only be useful to locals.

'San Fran' is second.

Gee guys...this is a big deal eh?

Sheesh.

[nini]

34. I honestly don't get this issue.

my brother moved up there about 10 years ago from the Los Angeles area and he now tells us we are basically uncultured embiciles and gets pissed if we don't refer to his new home the way he prefers: SAN FRANCISCO. He obviously forgot where he spent the first 35 years of his life.

I say Frisco or San Fran just to piss him off. Normally I wouldn't do that because when we were kids my Dad always made a big deal out of saying the correct name of a place he refused to call Los Angeles -L.A. etc. So we just never shortened names of places (I don't know why my dad hated that so much) If my brother wouldn't make such a snobby deal out of it I would refer to it as he prefered. but HELL NO.

Speaking of which.. I am driving up there tomorrow morning - I hope they'll let me in :-)

[goobergunch]

40. Not if you call it Fr*sco...

:evilgrin:

[goobergunch]

39. People that want to be on my ignore list

And yes, I used to live in the Bay Area (moved to PA in July 1999).

[HawkerHurricane]

43. You must be happy to have moved away.

jk

[Ohio Dem]

44. I call it San Fran.

So there.

Actually, I never do, but I read here on one of AWD's threads that they hate it. I had no idea.

Now I know.