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>One piece of friendly advice to everybody, and
>especially Doug since he is coming out here next
>week...dont cal San Francisco "Frisco"...natives will
>laugh at you until their silly...Of course, if you
>dont mind being laughed at, go ahead and call it
>"Frisco"...If you need a diminuitive, it is proper to
>say "the City" or "San Fran".
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"The city" is New York. Frisco is a small town. As for "Frisco," "To hell with them minorities," as the cabbie tells Philip Marlowe, who has mechanically corrected his usage, in The Long Goodbye. jks (a very former Monterey resident, now in Chicago, via Columbus and other points.) jks
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