# Why does using Frisco for San Francisco cause upset?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-using-frisco-for-san-francisco-cause-upset/793875>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 17, 2017, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-using-frisco-for-san-francisco-cause-upset/793875 "2017-08-17T15:42:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2017, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-using-frisco-for-san-francisco-cause-upset/793875/61 "2017-08-18T23:46:40Z")

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> [@Ravenman](#):
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> Jesus Christ, this place is pedantic.

That wasn’t pedantry, it was nit-picking.

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**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2017, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-using-frisco-for-san-francisco-cause-upset/793875/62 "2017-08-19T01:55:26Z")

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> [@Riemann](#):
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> That wasn’t pedantry, it was nit-picking.

For that stroke of genius, from now on, I am calling you Bob.

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**Author:** ![Filbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/filbert/32/3433_2.png) [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2017, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-using-frisco-for-san-francisco-cause-upset/793875/63 "2017-08-19T09:42:47Z")

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> [@Scumpup](#):
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> Everybody in every city everywhere refers to it as The City.
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> Cutesy nicknames for cities are never something used by the locals. I have never once heard anybody from Pittsburgh actually call it “Da Burgh.” If I did, I’d assume he was trying to be funny.

Bristol, England is commonly known as Brizzle by locals, but the nickname is hardly used outside the city. Which isn’t ever really called ‘The City’. People would probably assume London if you said you were going to the city without clarification. Maybe some of the small satellite towns call it the city, but I doubt it, due to the nearby presence of other cities.

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**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2017, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-using-frisco-for-san-francisco-cause-upset/793875/64 "2017-08-19T11:37:14Z")

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> [@pulykamell](#):
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> “the Chi.”  
> […] “Chi-town,”  
> […] “Chi-town” and “the Chi.”  
> Both “Chi-town” and “the Chi”

So how do you pronounce that, anyway?

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