Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Word Association




Back in 2007 when I read Eat Pray Love I did a post about one word associations with cities we know. At the time I wrote, "... one of the things that intrigued me (about the book) was a concept the author introduced in the "eat" section, while she was in Rome. Her friend tells her you cannot live in a city if you are not in sync with it's "word." He tells her that each city has one word that describes it. He claims Rome's is the big s-e-x; she defines New York by 'achieve.'"

With the release of the movie, and now that I have more than twelve readers, I thought it might be fun to play again. In 2007 I chose "tradition" for Kansas City; you can see other folks feedback here. I'll post your words tomorrow.

Image from the movie Eat Pray Love; Production Design by Bill Groom with Set Decoration by Andrew Baseman, Raffaella Giovannetti and Letizia Santucci.

40 comments:

  1. Philadelphia- strive and, if I may, Venice- shimmer

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  2. I think tradition is good for KC --

    For my little town on the prairie -- Fort Scott
    I chose "History"

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  3. Here's one for my hometown:

    Boston - History

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  4. Washington DC - childish or unimaginative

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  5. My natal city, Geneva - irenic anomaly

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  6. Austin -- hippie
    San Francisco -- progressive
    New York -- assertive
    London -- eccentric
    Paris -- grumpy

    -- Your 13th reader

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  7. How about this for my hometown:

    San francisco - Weird

    I guess is could be a little more PC and say "Alternative"

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  8. Pittsburgh-ritual
    I'm sure I'll think of one I like better at 3 am.

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  9. Is "self-conscious" one word or two? Regardless, it sums up Toronto.

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  10. Indianapolis - bland

    I'm not trying to be negative, but I've been wanting someone to ask me this very question.

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  11. Savannah---------yummy

    the whole place is just edible

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  12. From Lawrence, Kansas: couldn't decide whether it's basketball or hotmess (slight cheat, but here we always make up our own rules).

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  13. melange for Kansas City...
    home for the little town of Marceline where I grew up.

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  14. Charleston (SC) - Hospitable

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  15. For my money - Kansas City = Home
    Ann

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  16. My favorite Eat, Pray, Love item also!

    Salt Lake City - industrious
    Portland, OR - progressive

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  17. Philadelphia - History (although I really like Strive)....

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  18. I am fairly new to Minnesota--Winter of '08--but I honestly think that Minneapolis requires two words.

    6 months - Vibrant

    6 months - Glacial

    Bickie

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  19. washington dc -- ambition

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  20. Cleveland: Proud; Clevelanders are always defending our city and we are proud of our city.

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  21. I second Boxwood for Boston: "History"

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  22. Kansas City = solid

    As an Atlantan, I think that the person who came up with "reinvention" for Atlanta is spot on.

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  23. From Lawrence, Kansas: basketball. Or hotmess (I know I'm cheating here. But we're kooky here and make our own rules).

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  24. New York was actually "ambition".
    New Orleans is "pleasure".
    Saw the movie last night, and liked it very much. It wasn't too long for me at all.
    xo xo

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  25. Love the question posed, what brain exercise!
    Kansas City=authenticity

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  26. Love this! Jacksonville - Comfort.

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  27. This is a wonderful fun idea! For Chicago I chose Neighborhood. And I think you are dead on with tradition, Kansas City still lives with me in that way. One more, for a place that used to feel like home, Aspen. Crisp.

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  28. My apologies for posting some of these so late - my day kind of got away from me. I'll post the whole list tomorrow.

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  29. Queens: hope. (I suppose it's not a city, but it has 2.3 million people from all over the world, so it gets its own word.)

    San Francisco: self-righteous. (Sorry, I live here and love it here, but it's true. We are self-righteous!)

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  30. Charlotte - "wannabe"

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  31. I was on vacation and missed this but think Charlotte is much better than wannabe! I love living here, Emom is right though, it is hot.

    Looking forward to reading your Tribune piece. Congrats!

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  32. I think Oklahoma City should be described as generous

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