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2. Don't call it Frisco

Reply to still_one (Reply #1)

Thu Apr 25, 2019, 07:42 PM

Apr 2019

Columnist Herb Caen had this as a daily meme to be found in his column that ran in the San Francisco Chronicle for years.

Don't call it Frisco!

We called it "The City" except when Dad was mad he'd refer to it as "Frisco". It is slanderous to call San Francisco "Frisco" to the long-lost natives of The City and yes, it is The City to us.

Tourists still refer to The City too often as "Frisco" which it is incorrect and not cool even though many seem to think so. Nope, not

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Don't Call It Tex-Mex. [View all] elleng Apr 2019 OP

Interesting story. It reminds me of some not from San Francisco, referring to it as "firsco". Not still_one Apr 2019 #1

Don't call it Frisco CountAllVotes Apr 2019 #2

oh yes. Herb Caen, Art Hoppe, ah, so many memories still_one Apr 2019 #3

Those were the days weren't they CountAllVotes Apr 2019 #4

He went out into the community, and made everyone feel we were all part of it still_one Apr 2019 #5

He wrote the book ! Haggis for Breakfast Apr 2019 #6

yup. still_one Apr 2019 #7

Has it changed so much that you can never go back? CountAllVotes Apr 2019 #10

I could not afford to return. Haggis for Breakfast Apr 2019 #11

"We called it "The City" " mitch96 Apr 2019 #9

If only there were a short and catchy nickname for "Texas Mexican" Saviolo Apr 2019 #8

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