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Originally posted by bcdphie
Vancouver - Back in the early 90's during the huge wave of immigration from Hong Kong, resisdents starting referring to Vancouver as Hongcouver (you don't hear this term much anymore as it is highly derogatory).
The more recent nickname for Vancouver is Vansterdam.
And a longstanding nickname - Hollywood North.
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You forgot LOTUSLAND for Vancouver! Vancouver is also referred as the Lower Mainland...or at least the surrounding area is.
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Originally posted by Lady Pi Phi
Back in the day Toronto was known as Hogtown.
One of the nicknames now is - The T dot (shortened from the T dot O dot.
It's also been known as T.O
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Toronto (my "other" hometown) is also known as "The Big Smoke", or referred to (by the jealous) as "The Center of the Universe".
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Originally posted by Taualumna
I should add that the suburbs surrounding Toronto are called "The 905", after their area code. Toronto's area code is 416.
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Anyhow who refers to Toronto as "The 905" should be smacked upside the head, put in a bag and drowned.
