Did You Leave Your Heart in Frisco?

[Lucky]

Well, I damn well hope not! It's not FRISCO! It's San Francisco. The battle to stop the use of Frisco has been going on since Herb Caen admonished in his column decades ago that you never call the city Frisco!

But now it seems like the battle could be lost as Frisco is used a little more often by the ignorant. See following article: http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/nativeson/article/Farewell-to-Frisco-say-hello-to-San-Fran-4759011.php

[RA1]

I never called it Frisco. I always called it SFO.

Best regards,

RA1

[Guest Hoover42]

I never called it Frisco. I always called it SFO.

Best regards,

RA1

Gee, I wonder why

[RA1]

Well, I could have mentioned OAK, SQL,HWD, PAO, SJC or a few others but then few would have understood the point. Those are nearby airports which are within easy driving distance of SFO.

Best regards,

RA1

[axiom2001]

Well, I damn well hope not! It's not FRISCO! It's San Francisco. The battle to stop the use of Frisco has been going on since Herb Caen admonished in his column decades ago that you never call the city Frisco!

But now it seems like the battle could be lost as Frisco is used a little more often by the ignorant. See following article: http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/nativeson/article/Farewell-to-Frisco-say-hello-to-San-Fran-4759011.php

I've always abhorred some folks calling San Francisco "Frisco." I do hope that this will be eradicated one of these days!

[Guest EXPAT]

I used to live there and I never heard that and I certainly never used it.

[RA1]

Was there not a railroad that used the name or nickname, "Frisco"? Probably absorbed by BNSF today as they have almost every thing west of the Smokies.

Best regards,

RA1

[lookin]

Before the word is even out of

his mouth, Mr. Frobisher realizes

he shouldn't have called it Frisco.

[TampaYankee]

I believe Frisco was coined by B-movie mobsters long ago.

[RA1]

I think the Frisco railroad (STL-SFO) was in existence long before there were B movies.

Best regards,

RA1

[boiworship]

Sometimes I use it just to annoy Bay Area snobs.

[RA1]

What??? There are snobs in the Bay Area? Your assertion astonishes me.

Best regards,

RA1

[BigK]

As a native of the San Francisco Peninsula I have never used Frisco. But San Francisco and SFO are interchangeable to me as I fly in and out on average 10 times per year. San Fran is acceptable to natives.