Queens is not a state.

[Mr. Crow]

Oh, Vermont is also a part of Canada from time to time.

[MrSunshineState]

Not to threadjack here, but this thread reminded me of a funny slip of the tongue moment on TV.


Anyone who watches wrestling may remember this.


One night on RAW, Lillian Garcia (the ring announcer) was introducing Kurt Angle who is from Pittsburgh, PA.


She said and I quote

"From Pittsburgh, Philadelphia! Kurt Angle!"

classic!

Ok, you can have your thread back now

[tollbaby]

Oh, Vermont is also a part of Canada from time to time.

or vice versa... I've had people ask me what state Ontario, Quebec or Canada are in :P

[Pezzle]

I've done something similar. At amusement parks there's a speech you have to give for every ride...like "Welcome to the Great Bear, blah blah blah, fasten harnesses, blah blah blah, enjoy your ride". I've made the mistake of giving the speech for the wrong ride, over the PA system. People laugh at you when you do that.

Do you work at hershey park? =)

[myswtghst]

My friend FE has a great take on this last one: "Just outside of Chicago there's a lovely little place called Illinois."

I've also noticed that people from anywhere in the great state of IL think they're from Chicago. I claim Chicago as my hometown when I'm explaining where I live to anyone from out of state, but I also live about 20-60 min outside of the city itself, depending on traffic. I've heard people from the Southernmost parts of the state claim to be from Chicago though.

/threadjack

[technical.angel]

I live about 2 hours outside Saint Louis, but that's where I tell everyone that I live there.

[tollbaby]

I've also noticed that people from anywhere in the great state of IL think they're from Chicago.

yeah... I dated a guy who lived in Chesterton, Indiana, and he told everyone he was from Chicago, and one of my best friends lives in Zion, IL, but he tells everybody Chicago. The city's such a behemoth, I guess everybody in the surrounding area just does it that way.

[toomanycalls1]

When I worked at 411 center

We'd get Wisconsin as the city often.

Also areas of Chicago instead of Chicago. "I want the PretentiousYuppieDeli in Lakeview" instead of "Chicago"

[toomanycalls1]

Another one

I had a few calls for Chinatown.

I was in the Chicago suburbs and most of the calls were IL/WI/IN but certain times we'd get overflow from other centers.

I had the nicest lady on the phone looking for a restaurant in Chinatown. Assumed she meant Chicago and couldn't find it. Finally after about a minute I heard her husband in the background yell something about the 49ers.

DUH looked at the area code on her phone. It was 415. I explained the situation in general terms and she got a laugh. Looked up place in San Francisco and found it.

[toomanycalls1]

Chicago

yeah... I dated a guy who lived in Chesterton, Indiana, and he told everyone he was from Chicago, and one of my best friends lives in Zion, IL, but he tells everybody Chicago. The city's such a behemoth, I guess everybody in the surrounding area just does it that way.

I live in the Chicago suburbs and when outside the area I usually say Chicago area.

One time I was in a cab going from airport to hotel and the driver asked where are you from and I said "Chicago area.

He said "The city or suburbs. I was born and raised there"

I said "Park Ridge"

He said "Wow, I grew up in Niles" (one suburb over) It turns out he went to the same junior high I did a few years ahead of me and his sister was in my class and I didn't really know her but knew who she was.

[protege]

The city's such a behemoth, I guess everybody in the surrounding area just does it that way.

Not just Chicago...many people here do that. Most of the 'burbs, well, at least *mine,* are so small that anyone outside of the county has no idea when I say I live there. It's easier to say "just south of Pittsburgh." At least they're in the right area code (412) then

[Seshat]

I live in the 53rd state of the Union, according to some. Like Hawaii, we're inaccessible by train.

And no, we're not the place with lederhosen and lonely goatherds singing yodelay-ee-oo. We're the ones with the kangaroos and Steve Irwin's family.