The Twincy wars.
Oh, blogosphere. So quick to action, so quick to judgement!
Yesterday, Chuck Terhark made an offhand remark in support of advancing “Twincy“ as a new nickname for our nomenclaturally-challenged Minneapolis-St. Paul Supercity (covered yesterday in South Twelfth here). It was a measure I voiced grave concerns about.
Not Mediation, though! Taylor says:
Let’s talk this through for a second. “Twin Cities” at its core, is a divisive label. And in Obama’s America, this is as unwelcome as it is anachronistic. “Twincy”, on the other hand, is new and fresh, it rhymes with “Cincy”, and it would probably look cool on Honda Civic bumper sticker.
Some were outright hostile to the idea. Tumble Like You Give a Damn retorts:
There’s a movement afoot to rebrand our fair cities with a nickname so derivative and base that I can’t bring myself to type it more then once. It’s TWINCY. There, I did it.
Chuck’s recap and passionate counter-counter-argument:
All fair points. And while my heart doesn’t exactly belong to Twincy just yet, I do have some rejoinders…the people’s verdict so far: Yucksauce. Which is cool, but c’mon, how about some alternatives?
(He also mentioned this nickname below, from local hip-hop collective Big Quarters, which is so great I can’t believe I hadn’t heard it before now.)
At the root of it, though, Chuck is correct. How about some alternatives? These are times that call for change and positivity.
I’ve always been a fan of keeping it simple. So what about just, you know, Twin Town? It’s modest, easy-to-say, enjoys limited usage and some acceptance already, and would look OK on promotional merchandise or locally-specific quasi-hipster gear. It’s not perfect, but what is?
Oh well. Supercity out.
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