why is new york called the big apple please tell me i am really intressed?

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why is new york called the big apple please tell me i am really intressed?

2007-08-16 09:12:28 · 3 answers · asked by nicola f 1 in Travel ➔ United States ➔ New York City

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It was Jazz musicians who started to call NYC the big Apple. They were hanging out at jazz clubs on 52nd Street and talked about playing clubs in Chicago, St. Louis, New Orleans, when they talked about clubs in NYC, they called the city "The Big Apple" as a slang.

2007-08-16 10:57:12 · answer #1 · answered by mac 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Seems to have come from a horse racing columnist:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_Apple

2007-08-16 16:28:30 · answer #2 · answered by rhino72032 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

go at this website, it explains why. http://salwen.com/apple.html

2007-08-16 16:21:59 · answer #3 · answered by Regina 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋