[Chicago] thanks for all the information

[Michael Greene]

The origin is a little more complex than that, and still fruitlessly
debated among pedants and antagonists (if that's what you want to call
me)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windy_City,_Origin_of_Name_(Chicago)

Michael

On 6/7/07, Phil Robare <verisimilidude at gmail.com> wrote:

Now you know why it's "The Windy City" - not because the wind blows
here but because it was a late 19th slang term for someone who talks a
lot.  A New York newspaper publisher created the term to refer to
Chicagoans who were (are) always promoting their city.

On 6/7/07, Michael Weigend <mw at media-objects.de> wrote:
> thank you for all the interesting information about your town.
 ...
> Greetings from Germany
>
> Michael