Comments on: Don’t Call It Frisco

By: xensen

xensen — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 20:57:27 +0000

That’s a very self-righteous attitude, Daniel — you seem to feel appointed as a spokesman for Bay Area culture.

I really don’t care very much about this issue, and I have lived in the Bay Area for thirty-five years.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 17:26:25 +0000

You mention people who do use Frisco as if that justifies it. Many well-known authors call Asians Oriental but that doesn’t make it right. Instead of negating a people’s sentiment for your own hegemony, learn to respect the culture you’re invading and please don’t call it frisco.

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By: jack barry

jack barry — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 23:11:00 +0000

Big, famous cities need short “nicknames”

“New York”, Boston, get a pass, because their proper names have only two easy to spit out syllables…

Four syllables is two, too many, I think. “Chi-town” works for Chicago. “Philly” for Philadelphia… “N’ahlin” for New Or-leans”…. etc.

To get all mad about “Frisco”? ( we should believe that this is the second “F word”? )

By: jdkiernan

jdkiernan — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 19:52:14 +0000

Thanks for opening the window and letting some air into this greenhouse town.

Herb Caen was known by the cab drivers as a cheapskate who tried to cadge free rides because he was a big deal. In spite of all the money he made. Most cab drivers know that nobody’s really a big deal.

By: Mitch

Mitch — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 15:42:59 +0000

The Frisco hate goes back way further than 1953, I’m afraid. Emperor Norton himself issued the decree in 1872 that:

“Whoever after due and proper warning shall be heard to utter the abominable word “Frisco”, which has no linguistic or other warrant, shall be deemed guilty of a High Misdemeanor, and shall pay into the Imperial Treasury as penalty the sum of twenty-five dollars.”

And that dude was an Emperor, sooo…

By: jay

jay — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 00:40:46 +0000

one of my close aussi friend was in town the other day and he reffered to the city as “San Frank” ..
and i didn’t know what how to react ..

By: John

John — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 08:18:06 +0000

I grew up in San Francisco, and I don’t get all rude about it when someone says “Frisco” or “San Fran”, but these are not really the proper nicknames for the city. Most locals refer to the city as “San Francisco”, “SF” or “The City”. Outsiders keep insisting to call it “Frisco” which does tend to get a bit annoying. I doubt that locals of Portland would enjoy their city being called “Porty-port”, or New Yorkers agreeing to their city being re-named to “The York”. It’s like someone constantly calling you by a nickname that’s not your name. For example, people that insist to call me “Johnny”, “Jonathan” or “Jon Jon”, even after I’ve explained that I don’t go by those names. It’s not that big of a deal, but still can get a bit annoying.

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