2007-01-18 03:05:03 · 22 answers · asked by cclemen50 1 in Travel ➔ United States ➔ New York City
I't's not...it's called the big apple
the phrase originated in show-biz circles. "There are many apples on the tree," an old saying supposedly runs, "but only one Big Apple"
2007-01-18 03:07:12 · answer #1 · answered by snikleback 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's "The Big Apple". I know -- I'm a New Yawker! Based on the research of Barry Popik, the use of "Big Apple" to refer to New York City became clearer. Popik found that a writer for the New York Morning Telegraph, John Fitzgerald, referred to New York City's races "Around the Big Apple." It is rumored that Fitzgerald got the term from jockeys and trainers in New Orleans who aspired to race on New York City tracks, referring to the "Big Apple."
In the late 1920s and early 1930s, New York City's jazz musicians began referring to New York City as the "Big Apple." An old saying in show business was "There are many apples on the tree, but only one Big Apple." New York City being the premier place to perform was referred to as the Big Apple.
2007-01-18 03:13:07 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
New York is called the BIG apple, not great apple. It is because New York State is comprised of nearly 70% Farm land. Almost all of northern New York are full of APPLE ORCHARDS, hence the big apple state.
2007-01-18 06:53:53 · answer #3 · answered by crazygenes 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's actually the Big Apple.
2007-01-18 03:07:36 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Various accounts have traced the “Big Apple” expression to
Depression-Era sidewalk apple vendors, a Harlem night
club, and a popular 1930s dance known as the “Big Apple.”
One fanciful version even links the name with a notorious
19th-century procuress!
this question once came in my american history final paper..
2007-01-18 03:10:17 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is not. It is the Big Apple. Asked and answered many times. Check for yourself
2007-01-18 03:07:10 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's not. It is called the Big Apple
2007-01-18 03:07:03 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
its the big apple what a silly thing you are i think it is because it is the core of the country its where people from all of the world come to enter the usa i really dont know just typing i'll go now
2007-01-18 03:16:00 · answer #8 · answered by wkdwchofwest 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's not, it's called the Big Apple
2007-01-18 03:07:33 · answer #9 · answered by blueskyandsunshine 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I always though it was because pople for all over the country came in into it's harbors. Making it the fruit of many a tree with many branches, Apple I'm still as clueless as you
2007-01-18 03:10:48 · answer #10 · answered by darlene g 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋