No Minny No Minnie.

[strumdatjag]

It’s going to come to baseball.  Let the Twins know - No calling Minnesota or Minneapolis by the attrocious out-of-State nickname “Minny” (or Minnie).  .  Currently, it’s used mostly by hockey players, coaches and announcers  (who are not from Minnesota).   I just got off of a flight where the pilot referred to MSP Airport as “Minny”.   Target Field already sells soft drinks using the WRONG moniker  “SODA” instead of using the correct slang term -“POP”!    
Don’t let baseball types say Minny.  Minny (Minnie) in baseball is Minoso and that’s it.   
end of rant!!!! 

[ashbury]

[wabene]

The only soda I've had is of the club variety. 

[Nine of twelve]

It is acceptable to use Minnie when referring to the Minneapolis-based character in the team's logo. (His counterpart is Paul.)

[nicksaviking]

But adding Apolis is too many letters to fit into one's mouth!

Seriously though, calling it Minnie makes you sound like a child. However, I have to admit that I've been calling 'pop' soda for awhile now and it's rubbed off on my kids. I guess I've been traveling too much because I was getting annoyed with the confused looks, and even more annoyed by the 'ugh, another tourist from the sticks' looks.

Sorry for my treasonous actions.

[Brock Beauchamp]

As a long-time SoCal resident, I also feel this way about "Cali", a term I've never heard come out of the mouth of an actual Californian.

[ashbury]

12 minutes ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

As a long-time SoCal resident, I also feel this way about "Cali", a term I've never heard come out of the mouth of an actual Californian.

And, a bit north, if you want people from the extended San Francisco Bay Area to think you are a complete goober, call their big city Frisco, whydontcha, just like my dear mother-in-law from Chicago.

[nicksaviking]

20 minutes ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

As a long-time SoCal resident, I also feel this way about "Cali", a term I've never heard come out of the mouth of an actual Californian.

I'll take your word for it that the natives don't like it, but up north the only 'Minni' burgers and 'Minni' pizza is found in the frozen food aisle and it has nothing to do with the state. Most restaurants in LA seem to love to slap the word 'Cali' all over their menus.

Maybe it's all the transplants.

[Craig Arko]

Mickey is sad.

[Muppet]

57 minutes ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

As a long-time SoCal resident, I also feel this way about "Cali", a term I've never heard come out of the mouth of an actual Californian.

 

[Muppet]

57 minutes ago, Muppet said:

 

I was searching for the Andrews Sisters' 'Going Back to Minnie' but I couldn't find it. 

[strumdatjag]

This awful nickname that nobody uses in MINNESOTA is IGNO- MINNY - OUS.   

NO MORE MINNY!!!!!!!

[Craig Arko]

For a while, we had the Minneapple.

[Richie the Rally Goat]

On 1/4/2024 at 5:38 AM, wabene said:

The only soda I've had is of the club variety. 

Baking?

[minthaylasa]

On 1/5/2024 at 3:09 AM, Muppet said:

I was searching for the Andrews Sisters' 'Going Back to Minnie' but I couldn't find it. 

samee. Can't find anything about  Andrews Sisters' 'Going Back to Minnie'.

[Original_JB]

On 6/4/2024 at 8:54 PM, minthaylasa said:

samee. Can't find anything about  Andrews Sisters' 'Going Back to Minnie'.

Was it possibly this?:

 

[Original_JB]

Or this?:  

 

[Wellimam]

Totally agree with you on this one! As a Minnesotan, hearing "Minny" instead of Minneapolis or Minnesota is so irritating, especially from people who aren’t local. And don't get me started on "soda" instead of "pop." It's like they’re trying to erase our local culture. We gotta keep the baseball folks in check—Minny should only refer to Minoso, nothing else!

[nokomismod]

On 1/4/2024 at 12:12 PM, Brock Beauchamp said:

As a long-time SoCal resident, I also feel this way about "Cali", a term I've never heard come out of the mouth of an actual Californian.

Cali, Frisco and Minnie all sound like nails on the chalkboard.