Colloquially, where do you live?

[Mark Reccord]

I live in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Haligonia (habitants are Haligonians)
Califax (makes no sense)

Next town over is Sackville (that's it's real name, after a British Lord), AKA SackVegas. My fave.

Everyone called it Suckville when I lived in Halifax. Also Darkness across the harbour and Bedrock down at the end just before you get to Suckville.

Big Smoke as well. T'ronna is my home town.

Tronna or Tron-toe is how it's usually pronounced down here. Always 2 syllables. While not exactly Toronto I always loved Scarberia for Scarborough.

We have enough place names that are funny enough on their own: Dildo, next to Spread Eagle (seriously) Hibbs' Hole (now Hibbs' Cove I think), Joe Batt's Arm, Jerry's Nose, etc. There was a place called Famish Gut but they renamed it Fairhaven (I prefer Famish Gut) and a place called Gayside that was renamed (ludicrously) Baytona.

 

[Justinvs]

Used to live in a one-horse town, but the horse died.
Nobody in our little bump in the road calls it anything but Wise River, but all the !#$%& fly fishermen who inundate us every summer love to say "I'm fishing the Wise." Drives me insane.

 

[JRA]

naptown and porkopolis.

 

[Flashback Bass]

I live in the small town of Farmingdale.

The locals refer to it as "The Dale!"

 

[elgecko]

never heard it called that here in los angeles (or considering the thread topic, i should say here in L.A.). go figure!

The city of my birth...The City of Angels...or Smell-A as I like to call it.

 

[pcake]

The city of my birth...The City of Angels...or Smell-A as I like to call it.

i was born in santa monica, but i don't think i've ever heard a nickname used for good ol' SM

 

[Chris Fitzgerald]

Looahvull

 

[Tbone76]

I've lived in:
Troy- Troilet
Albany- Smallbany
Currently in Valatie (pronounced Ve-lay-sha) which becomes, of course, Ve-lay-she-o

Don't forget to mention Schenectady- Schit-Neck-Tady. Happens to be where I grew up.

 

[rtslinger]

My home town is Belleville nj which came about because the French settlers named it Beautiful village

 

[elgecko]

i was born in santa monica, but i don't think i've ever heard a nickname used for good ol' SM

I consulted with a co-worker who lived there for a while. In addition to SM, there are some who call it SanMo, which I prefer.

 

[pcake]

I consulted with a co-worker who lived there for a while. In addition to SM, there are some who call it SanMo, which I prefer.

i haven't heard sanmo from any of my friends, relatives or exes who live there. santa monica high school has been referred to as samo (sammo?) high for as long as i can remember, though.

btw, i made up SM just to have a nickname to post

 

[D M C]

My wife grew up in suburban Akron, Cuyahoga Falls, which she says the local call Cogga Falls, or the Falls.

 

[Oddly]

My home town is Belleville nj which came about because the French settlers named it Beautiful village

Beautiful village...in New Jersey?

Were they drunk?

 

[fingerguy]

U S A

 

[D M C]

I live in the biggest city of its size in the world.

 

[sharkbait130]

I grew up ( till I was 8 years old) literally a stones throw from the Washington D.C. line. If I walked out my back door through the neighbors yard and crossed the street . I was in "The District."

 

[Stewie26]

Growing up, we use to call the South Bay area of L.A, "Surf City". The Beach Boy's Brian Wilson, who was from the South Bay, wrote the song and then shared it with Jan and Dean who made it a number one single. In 1991, Huntington Beach, CA trade marked the name and now they call themselves Surf City for the commercial value of promoting their city

 

[rtslinger]

Beautiful village...in New Jersey?

Were they drunk?

Could be ha ha ha
Actually around by me it is still pretty nice not all of Jersey is a concrete jungle

 

[Fishyfishfish]

"A horrible place to visit, but you wouldn't want to live here."

 

[Oddly]

not all of Jersey is a concrete jungle

I should apologise for playing into the stereotype! I actually lived for a couple of months in Bayonne years ago. A really nice suburb that looked a bit like your area in that photo.