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minus-squaredarmabum@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down70·edit-21 year agoFly-over newspaper says “Frisco.” Edit: well, I deserved that. In fact, I did read the article and had no idea they weren’t referring to SF. Live and learn. I appreciated the helpful comments.
minus-squarePohl@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up74arrow-down1·1 year agoFrisco is the name of a city in Texas adjacent to Dallas where the paper and a published. Why would they not use the name of the city in which the arrest took place? Certainly you were not just posting some smug bullshit without even bothering to open the link…
minus-squareAttackBunny@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down1·1 year agoI’m guessing they thought the article were referring to the very tourist slang name for San Francisco.
minus-squareAttackBunny@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·1 year agoThat too. AFAIK the only “acceptable” terms are San Francisco or “the city”
minus-squareLem Jukes@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up25arrow-down6·edit-21 year agoCoastal idiot says uninformed bullshit.
minus-squareArtieShaw@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up14·1 year agoI don’t think that means what you think it means.
minus-squareEarthwormjim91@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 year agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frisco,_Texas Just gonna leave this here for you, little buddy.
minus-squareDigitalTraveler42@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frisco,_Texas
minus-squaredmonzel@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down2·1 year agoFly-over commenter doesn’t read article
Fly-over newspaper says “Frisco.”
Edit: well, I deserved that. In fact, I did read the article and had no idea they weren’t referring to SF. Live and learn. I appreciated the helpful comments.
Frisco is the name of a city in Texas adjacent to Dallas where the paper and a published.
Why would they not use the name of the city in which the arrest took place?
Certainly you were not just posting some smug bullshit without even bothering to open the link…
I’m guessing they thought the article were referring to the very tourist slang name for San Francisco.
I thought they called it San Fran?
That too. AFAIK the only “acceptable” terms are San Francisco or “the city”
I thought it was Frisco, CO.
Coastal idiot says uninformed bullshit.
I don’t think that means what you think it means.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frisco,_Texas
Just gonna leave this here for you, little buddy.
Thanks, boss. I like your style.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frisco,_Texas
Fly-over commenter doesn’t read article