tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1584865243081130368.post8998335914123849099..comments2024-03-23T15:41:35.371-04:00Comments on Mr NYC: Is This a Good Idea?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1584865243081130368.post-78206746847095340942008-11-08T11:43:00.000-05:002008-11-08T11:43:00.000-05:00From my Indian experience of people renaming every...From my Indian experience of people renaming everything in sight, it takes about two generations before there is even the slightest possibility of changing colloquial parlance.<BR/><BR/>And even then it sometimes never sticks. Witness "Ave. of the Americas" -- know anyone who doesn't call it 6th Ave.?<BR/><BR/>All of this is political pissing in front of the Niagara Falls and claiming that "mine is bigger".ShockingSchadenfreudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05860240862422697515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1584865243081130368.post-91885369267188918542008-11-08T10:29:00.000-05:002008-11-08T10:29:00.000-05:00People now refer to the Interboro Parkway as the "...People now refer to the Interboro Parkway as the "Jackie Robinson" so, yeah, I think after a few years most people will call it the "RFK." <BR/><BR/>While we're at it, I think we should rename Tribeca to something like "John F. Kennedy, Jr. Memorial Neighborhood Below Canal Street." JoFKeJMemNeBeCa has a nice ring to it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com