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And yet the residents of Istanbul (and New York, London, Tokyo, Paris...) don't go around thumping their chests with superfluous capitalization of the word "cit
by raldi 13y ago
And yet the residents of Istanbul (and New York, London, Tokyo, Paris...) don't go around thumping their chests with superfluous capitalization of the word "city".
- lttlrck 13y agoThe City of London is such a place. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_London http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_London
- akgerber 13y agoReferring to Manhattan as 'the city' is very common: http://gothamist.com/2012/05/21/do_you_refer_to_manhattan_as_the_ci.php http://gothamist.com/2012/05/21/do_you_refer_to_manhattan_as... Whether it's capitalized is just a matter of taste, as seen in the comments.
- JoeAltmaier 13y agoUh, said road signs? That was them, calling Constantinople 'the City'.