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WCDT 6-10 June 2011 (1941-1945) [World War II Edition]
BlueMark:
Back in my university days (when dinosaurs roamed) a townie was anyone who wasn't part of the college community - so we didn't consider professors and most employees to be townies - but their families were. Under that definition Marten is not a townie, but he's pretty damn close.
Boomslang:
Maybe because I'm from the west coast, but I've never actually heard the word spoken aloud. Of course, why you would disparage the majority of people you'll meet, I don't quite get. If you're not going to go into academia, you're going to BE one of the townies as soon as college is done. And the differences between the two, besides age range, are rather minimal when you get down to it.
Sorflakne:
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--- Quote from: Smoot on 07 Jun 2011, 19:00 ---If it's all the same, I'll continue to call my nearest city a city
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A city? Sure. The city? Probably not. [laugh] (I live about half an hour from the city...yes, that one, so I'm just used to it. I remember visiting Colorado College in high school and trying not to laugh when they called Denver "The City". Sure, it's definitely a city, but it's hardly earned a "the".)
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In Minnesota, the Minneapolis/St Paul metropolitan area is commonly called the "Twin Cities" or just "The Cities". If I'm talking about activities in or travel to The Cities, I get some hilarious 'WTF are you smoking?' looks from people that are from states that don't border Minnesota (with the exception of Illinois and Michigan).
DSL:
It's all part of making yourself feel superior to some undiffrentiated Other.
Just to throw more fun into the mix, where I'm from, any incorporated (that is, legally self-governing with a legislative body of its own) area with a population of 5,000 or more is a city; under 5,000 and incorporated is a village. The nearest such agglomeration to one's location is referred to as "into town" or simply "town." Some of us are aware of the capital-C "City" conceit of some, repeat some, Manhattanites and don't give it much thought.
Carl-E:
Ooooh, an "up-stater"!
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