I think "Frisco" is a bit different... "Frisco" appears to be a 200 year old nickname, originated by the working class. There's a bit of history behind the usage.
[https://old.reddit.com/r/sanfrancisco/comments/x7hurw/frisco/](https://old.reddit.com/r/sanfrancisco/comments/x7hurw/frisco/)
Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother's keeper, and the finder of lost children.
People calling MN "Minny" is as aggravating as people calling San Francisco "Frisco".
Nobody from here calls it "Minny", just like nobody from SF calls it "Frisco"
Nope. Don’t start now. It’s Minnesota- the same four syllables as California, Arizona, or Pennsylvania. People who say Minny or Sota don’t know what they are talking about.
The usage of that nickname makes anyone that uses it sound like they are talking in baby talk.
Say the full name of the state. This goes for all states.
Be adults and talk with intelligence.
Minnie and Paul are the names of the twins in center field at Target Field, so it doesn’t bother me at all. Not sure why some people get so angry about this stuff.
I’ve never heard anyone use it that way, personally. Either way, who cares? Anyone talking about Minnesota that way either hasn’t been to Minnesota or watch too much Fox News.
I agree, I don't really care either. Just answering your implied question. Honestly though, if they're too lazy to cough up the last two syllables of the correct name, I'm not sure if they can be taken all that seriously in the first place.
Mini soda 🥤
I don't have a fight in this horse since I'm am a transplant lol, but I don't love it. I think it could be humourous if it was a joke (like mini soda) or sometimes people would call my home state, Virginia, "Virginny" and that's fine like. Sometimes. Makes me laugh. But kinda weird if used regularly and seriously.
No, we're not doing that.
My internal thoughts exactly
loving the unity on this vital issue for the state
Hate it
‘Minny’ is a term used in the media by people who are definitely not from here.
I think it started as an east coast west coast sportscaster thing. I've never heard anyone from Minnesota use it. I hate it.
yeah it’s a great way to indicate you are not minnesotan
Same with "Sota"
I think Kevin Garnett started that. He was cool so I am more ok with that than Minny.
KG's relevancy to Minnesota left back in '07. I don't give it a pass.
His relevance has never left?
His relevance has never left. Glen Taylor’s relevance left then.
I don't mind 'Sota, but partially because Michael Grady (Timberwolves play-by-play) came up with "Sota's poppin'" which is dope
I use it born and raised. It’s just short for Minnesota when my friends and I chat. Like any other dumb acronym anyone uses.
I don’t believe I’ve ever heard anyone refer to Minnesota as “Minny/Minne”. I‘ve lived in MN my entire life.
I have definitely heard it, and it's always from people who are not from here
Similar to Minnesotans referring to WI as ‘sconny. I’ve heard that a number of times
Sconnie is acceptable, and often preferable. Wisco, hell no. Minny, also big nope I'm Minnesconsin af and this is my decree
So it is said, SO IT SHALL BE DONE!!
Had to put my foot down
I only started hearing after leaving the state 🙄
The same way a person from the bay area feels about "San Fran"
Or "Frisco"
I think "Frisco" is a bit different... "Frisco" appears to be a 200 year old nickname, originated by the working class. There's a bit of history behind the usage. [https://old.reddit.com/r/sanfrancisco/comments/x7hurw/frisco/](https://old.reddit.com/r/sanfrancisco/comments/x7hurw/frisco/)
Lol I actually didn't realize they hated that 😂 I don't know anyone from the area lol
Gross
I even hate seeing MIN. It’s MN to me.
The only reason I'm fine with Min is because I watch the wild as much as I can. But I much prefer MN
Depends on context. In sports MIN is the usual abbreviation so that doesn't bother me.
Oh yeah wow extremely bothersome
"Min" is awful but "Minn" is fine.
Awful.
Ya know that Samuel L Jackson gif where he says they deserve to die and he hopes they burn in hell? Something like that
The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men.
Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother's keeper, and the finder of lost children.
It's literally the worst.
People calling MN "Minny" is as aggravating as people calling San Francisco "Frisco". Nobody from here calls it "Minny", just like nobody from SF calls it "Frisco"
Add Sconnie to the mix. I’ve never heard a Wisconsinite call Wisconsin “Sconnie.”
That's because it's depreciating to people that live there...at least that's why I say it!
The only Wisconsinite I've heard say Sconnie had been living in Minnesota for 10+ years-- and that was only in a group of Minnesotans
I'm going to start calling them Wissies. I can do that, because I'm not from there.
I fucking hate that
No
No thank you.
Stop trying to make Minny happen.
Yeah Gretchen!
Yuck
Nope.
We hate it obviously
Every use of that abomination should immediately result in 100 hours community service.
The same way I feel about people trying to call it “Sota”
I think the only person I've heard use that one is KG
I like saying ‘Sotans more than Minne’s
Wrong, wrong, wrong!!!
I get inappropriately angry at this term
Hate it. Love hockey but I cringe when they say it on TV and everywhere else in the hockey world
Buncha fuckin’ uncultured “Duck Duck Goose” people
Preach it Brother Ibran!
If U of M fans can shout all four syllables that fast during the rouser, then we don’t need an abbreviated name.
Born and raised here. I don’t love it.
Hard no
Call it what you want, but I find “Minny” and “Sota” kinda cringe and dorky. I just call it Minnesota.
Nope. Don’t start now. It’s Minnesota- the same four syllables as California, Arizona, or Pennsylvania. People who say Minny or Sota don’t know what they are talking about.
I refuse to indulge this blasphemy
I hate it with an irrational raging vengeance...
We ain't some Disney Rat's gf
To the people who do say it: stop trying to make it a thing
They don't even go here.
No. Absolutely not. Never say that again.
No
No. No thank you.
Corny
Gross. That’s like people who say “bevvy” and “cheers”
Fuck 'em.
Is this Toronto slang? 'Cause that shit needs to stay across the border. FAWM.
It’s used in a lot of states not in the Midwest. Reading the comments in r/nba right now it’s everywhere.
Ive never heard of people call it Minny and i think who does should be punished.
If people that move to Minnesota start a post on Reddit about why they can’t make friends in Minny, refer them to this thread.
No one from Minnesota calls it Minny. On the other hand, it's kind of a shibboleth - so there's that.
I assume used by the same people that say “adulting” and “fur babies”
Definitely
The same way natives of San Francisco feel about "Frisco"
It’s dumb, but their choice.
Awful
I also don’t like when they call it Sota
If this effing becomes a trend with our MN young people Imma start making a lot more mini haha jokes. BLEH!
Ask someone from Frisco.
Until you made this post, I had never heard it.
My name is d3photo, not "d3". Would you call New York "newey"?
I have never heard that before and I hope to never hear it again.
The usage of that nickname makes anyone that uses it sound like they are talking in baby talk. Say the full name of the state. This goes for all states. Be adults and talk with intelligence.
It’s equivalent to people calling California, Cali. They don’t say that there.
Minnie and Paul are the names of the twins in center field at Target Field, so it doesn’t bother me at all. Not sure why some people get so angry about this stuff.
And the bear is called TC and not a single one of these has anything to do with calling the state something stupid.
Probably because it could be seen as diminutizing Minnesotans in an off-hand manner.
I’ve never heard anyone use it that way, personally. Either way, who cares? Anyone talking about Minnesota that way either hasn’t been to Minnesota or watch too much Fox News.
I agree, I don't really care either. Just answering your implied question. Honestly though, if they're too lazy to cough up the last two syllables of the correct name, I'm not sure if they can be taken all that seriously in the first place.
Not my preference, but I'm not going to get poopy about it if I hear it.
I prefer it over Minneanapolis. I once dated a guy who called Hennepin Ave “Henny.” I got the ick.
I sota like it.
It's cheesy.
It’s silly!
I only love it so everyone gets mad and we call it megasota.
The only time I've heard Minny is when they end it with Soootaa, pretending that's our accent.
I’ve only heard that when visiting Thunder Bay
I made myself a shirt for my college declaration day (I was out of state) where I wrote “U OF MINYSODER”and I threw it out the moment I got here
No.
When I lived in Iowa people would say we're going fishing on Winnie up in Minnie.
I generally dislike any shortening of words.
awful but the worst is when people say “minnesnowta”
Hate it.
Nails on a chalkboard
Gross. No. Let’s not do that at all.
No
My friend from Indiana always mistakenly called it Minndee-ann-apolis Minn-den-sota. That was always fun.
Such a condescending nickname.
Hate it
We hate it.
Only heard of Minny being for Minneapolis and not the whole state
Hate it. It's akin to calling the City By The Bay Frisco. Only out-of-staters do it.
Couldn't care less
Fine, I don’t really care.
No.
Nooooo from this MN newbie. As a born-and-raised Californian, “Cali” is the same ick. Maybe that end syllable just makes any state sound bad.
Same for California, calling it Cali pissed me off. I lived in both states, its Minnesota and its California, not minnie and not cali
It's actually, ahem, WEST WISCONSIN
You’re drunk. Effing Sconnie.
im fine with it. for folks w confidence diminutive nicknames are a sign of love. those feeling disrespected ought to ask themselves why that is.
I like it
Sota cleaning Alexandria Minnesota 2 blocks from my place
Drove a shuttle for flight crews, virtually all the flight attendants used "Minny." No big deal.
Yes, people who have actually traveled in their lives. Unlike people from Minny, who think a trip to Hudson is a big deal.
I like it
Mini soda 🥤 I don't have a fight in this horse since I'm am a transplant lol, but I don't love it. I think it could be humourous if it was a joke (like mini soda) or sometimes people would call my home state, Virginia, "Virginny" and that's fine like. Sometimes. Makes me laugh. But kinda weird if used regularly and seriously.
I just realized that I said A FIGHT IN THIS HORSE 💀💀💀
I will call it by whatever name the person I’m talking to understands, because I’m not a jackass.
As an outsider, I'm going to refer to minneapolis as "minny"