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> Which is interesting now that I think of it, nobody EVER calls New York just "York". I don't know, kind of makes sense to me why that would be the case. Some
by bookaway 2y ago
> Which is interesting now that I think of it, nobody EVER calls New York just "York".
I don't know, kind of makes sense to me why that would be the case. Something tells me there are more places that start with "York" as opposed to "Jersey", so there are more chances to cause confusion in the former case.
- Trasmatta 2y agoI'm more interested in why it never caught on regionally. There would rarely ever be any confusion, nobody in the states would think you were talking about York England. But it still never caught on for whatever reason.
- detourdog 2y agoI think the regional name for New York is "the city".
- Trasmatta 2y agoI'm referring more to New York the state, to compare it to its neighboring state New Jersey
- johaugum 2y ago“The city” refers to Manhattan specifically, not New York City in general. Being in the other boroughs, you might say “I’m heading to the city later”.
- Trasmatta 2y agoOr if you're upstate and going to one of the boroughs, you'll generally refer to it by name. "I'm going to Brooklyn / Queens / the Bronx", not "I'm going to the city" or "I'm going to New York City".
- detourdog 2y agoI see what you are saying but one could easily go to two or more of those boroughs in single trip.
- strogonoff 2y agoWhen feasible, spoken English favours double syllable combinations. Three is too many, one is too few for disambiguation in a lossy environment. Hence Jersey, LA, San Fran, Philly, but not York. It’s not a hard rule, of course.
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