Dan416
Senior Member
I can't remember where I heard someone in the media refer to something in the "west end" and the story was about something in Mississauga. It was probably either on 680 News, 99.1 CBC Radio One, or CP24.
It's all about context. If I'm talking to people in a downtown context, I'd never say that I live downtown (in Upper Beach). If I'm talking to people elsewhere in Toronto, I or them more likely to refer to where I live as downtown.
Also for example, when I was overseas and lived in Kitchener, I was more likely to tell people I was near or in Toronto than I was in Kitchener ... as it wouldn't give them any frame of reference. But if I was in Kitchener ... well I told them I lived in Waterloo.
Yikes ... traffic in Mississuaga horrifies me ... seems much saner downtown.A friend in Niagara complained about all the traffic in "Downtown Toronto". He had driven to Mississauga.
It's all about context. If I'm talking to people in a downtown context, I'd never say that I live downtown (in Upper Beach). If I'm talking to people elsewhere in Toronto, I or them more likely to refer to where I live as downtown.
Also for example, when I was overseas and lived in Kitchener, I was more likely to tell people I was near or in Toronto than I was in Kitchener ... as it wouldn't give them any frame of reference. But if I was in Kitchener ... well I told them I lived in Waterloo.
Old Torontonians perhaps ... doesn't do much good I find with someone who rarely goes south of Eglinton.Wouldn't "I live in the Upper Beach" be suffice to most Torontonians?
Not Toronto-Toronto-Toronto?I think we need to face facts...
-the GTA is now 'Toronto'
-Toronto is 'Toronto-Toronto'
-Old Toronto is 'Downtown Toronto'
Listening to CBC Radio One's traffic report and they reported that the 401 was busy in the west end at Hurontario Street (obviously in Mississauga). I heard this yesterday I think it was. If CBC calls Mississauga the "west end", then it must be true because the CBC cannot lie.
I think we need to face facts...
-the GTA is now 'Toronto'