Eugene
Do you know that today New York City is informally called "The Big Apple"? Why?
Dec 15, 2011 7:42 AM
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The origin of the term is debated. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Apple . The name is a bit more than informal, since the reference was adopted in the 1970s by the New York Convention and Visitors Bureau.
December 15, 2011
Why "today"? NYC got the name long ago, I suppose...
December 15, 2011
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