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Toronto : A new poll has found that when it comes to referring to the city they live in, most Torontonians still seem to prefer, well, Toronto.
The Forum Research poll found that 75 per cent of Toronto residents most often refer to the city simply by its name.
Despite its high profile at the moment, ‘the six’ (written as the 6ix) is used by just seven per cent of residents to refer to the city according to the survey. Popularized by local rapper Drake, the term is most popular among young, middle income respondents, the poll found.
The term appears to be most popular in Etobicoke (nine per cent) and decidedly unpopular in East York (0 per cent).
Some 10 per cent use the abbreviated letters T-O to refer to the city, while eight per cent of those surveyed used some other name to refer to Toronto.
In Etobcoke, where nicknames for the city appear to be most popular, 16 per cent of respondents use ‘TO’ while 11 per cent use some other name.
Nicknames for the city are least popular in East York, where 83 per cent of respondents refer to the city by its actual name.
The poll did not ask people about other popular monikers used for Toronto, such as ‘the 416,’ ‘the T-dot,’ or Hogtown.
Toronto vs. Tronnah
The poll also found that when speaking the city’s name, most people pronounce the second ‘t’ in the word and say it as ‘Toe-ron-toe.’
However nearly a quarter of respondents drawl the word as ‘Tronnah.’
Lesser known names for the city include early ‘Muddy York,’ ‘Little York,’ referring to the city’s early days as a settlement with unpaved roads.
The telephone poll surveyed 864 randomly selected Toronto residents on Aug. 11. It is considered accurate to within plus or minus three percentage points, 19 times out of 20.
