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dfandreatta
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 Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 8:04 pm
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Slava
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I gather it was mostly because that's what the Athenians thought of them. Much like various rivalries between cities around the world. Most of America doesn't like NYC. Moscow and St. Pete's hate each other, etc.
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Stargzer
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Oh, like Mencken's "Baltimoron." Alas, I thought I was being original the first time I used it, but it's nice to know I follow in such august company. Nowadays, those in Philadelphia would say "New Yorker." 
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