# Whose image is getting improved by this? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 11, 2004, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-image-is-getting-improved-by-this/223940 "2004-01-11T05:22:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2004, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-image-is-getting-improved-by-this/223940/1 "2004-01-11T05:22:27Z")
[Pit Bulls are now New Yorkies.](http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,107423,00.html) Keeping this in mind, tek-9s will now be known as Da Bronxies, LSD as Manhattabs and whores as Brooklyn Babes. Thank you for your attention. ---
**Author:** ![BellaDellaItalia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/fbc32d/32.png) [@BellaDellaItalia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BellaDellaItalia)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2004, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-image-is-getting-improved-by-this/223940/2 "2004-01-11T05:28:29Z")
Manhattabs. Hehe. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2004, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-image-is-getting-improved-by-this/223940/3 "2004-01-11T05:29:46Z")
> [@](#): > > _from the linked article_ > Broadway baby Bernadette Peters (search), who owns a loveable pit bull, told the Post that she thinks the name change is a great idea. “‘New Yorkie’ fits their personality better.” Considering the reputation of New Yorkers, I can’t see much of a difference. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2004, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-image-is-getting-improved-by-this/223940/4 "2004-01-11T06:10:18Z")
“New Yorkies”? I have to say, I find this extremely weird. It’s right up there with trying to re-name prunes as dried plums. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2004, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-image-is-getting-improved-by-this/223940/5 "2004-01-11T06:28:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by featherlou \* > \*\*“New Yorkies”? I have to say, I find this extremely weird. It’s right up there with trying to re-name prunes as dried plums. \*\* Nah, wouldn’t that be like renaming prunes “Miamis”? ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2004, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-image-is-getting-improved-by-this/223940/6 "2004-01-11T18:23:30Z")
Yes, I see your point, **elfkin**. ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2004, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-image-is-getting-improved-by-this/223940/7 "2004-01-11T18:31:04Z")
“Alsatian” didn’t stick; we’ll see how this one goes. ---
**Author:** ![lavenderviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/cdc98d/32.png) [@lavenderviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lavenderviolet)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2004, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-image-is-getting-improved-by-this/223940/8 "2004-01-11T20:01:19Z")
Weird. I once heard the San Francisco SPCA adopts pit bulls out under the name “St. Francis terriers”. That name sounded a lot better (and more dignified for that matter) to me than “New Yorkies”. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2004, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-image-is-getting-improved-by-this/223940/9 "2004-01-11T21:45:15Z")
The old Yorkies are Yorkshire Terriers. They are fluffy little yippers, and you’d never confuse them with “New Yorkies.” Old Yorkies, if you don’t raise them right, will be hyperactive pains in the ass. “New Yorkies,” if you don’t raise them right, will do things that will cause juries to take away all your money and your first born child. If somebody had renamed pit bulls after my hometown, I’d be steamed. Folks here are not as cultured and well-mannered as **Biggirl** and other New Yorkers I have met, but we’re more civilised than the friendliest pit bull I ever met. None of those New York folks ever gnawed on my trousers, either. ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2004, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-image-is-getting-improved-by-this/223940/10 "2004-01-11T23:43:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by AskNott \* > \*\*None of those New York folks ever gnawed on my trousers, either. \*\* Then you haven’t been to enough New York fests. 😉