Former Lancastrian

Over the last few months Ive been seeing Toronto being mentioned as T Dot.
WTF where does that come from? Who comes up with this crap?
Ive just seen it again in the IEC thread on the Immigration section.
Should we now start referring to Vancouver as V comma or Calgary as C backslash or Montreal as M question mark.
I know people ask how to pronounce Toronto or Torrana or other such variations but T Dot

I've got friends who have been to Vancouver who have loved it and say its very beautiful, Vancouver is a more Canadian city if you're comparing it to the Tdot either way I'm sure you'll love either

Zoe Bell

this sees to come in fashios. I remember an exact thread about this maybe 5years ago.
I live here and noone I ever converse with on a daily basis ever calls it that.
dunno where it comes from

dbd33

I've only ever seen the expression used by the poster London-England-Lads. I asked him where he got it but have had no response.

Zoe Bell

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=tdot

had to laugh at the "made popular by Toronto Hip Hop artisst"
I didn't know we had any

dbd33

Oh Yes, "Straight Outta Bathurst and Lawrence" was a seminal Yid Hop smash.

Former Lancastrian

Shit musicians/artists coming up with shit names it figures

Oink

Because they're wankers.

Reidies

+1

Zoe Bell

is it a bit like the "spadina bus" song?

dbd33

I'm ashamed to admit that I've enough history with Toronto to have seen the Shuffle Demons, perhaps even at the ElMo. I fear thought that they weren't sufficiently down with their homies to know this expression.

As I say, I've only seen it used by L-E-L. Consequently, I read it in the manner of Kenneth Williams.

Zoe Bell

I'm failry certain theres a local blog that has Tdot as part of the url. I can't be arsed to look for it though

Partially discharged

There is always the 'o dot' blog, which if you live in the '613' is very funny

http://www.theodot.com/

The OP has a valid point...who thinks this crap up in terms of referring to their city as the t-dot, the o-dot etc...I have heard Detroit referred to as the "D" not very inventive but to the point.

JamesM

I've heard a few people use the expression.

Other nick names are apparently Hog Town & El Torro.

Ben W Bell

The most prevalent usage I've come across is in Eye magazine.

dbd33

Hog Town, yes. Toronto was, maybe still is, a centre for pig formatting. I had a job in ab abbatoir just north of High Park which stank to high heaven. Oddly, while Canada Packers has long since moved on, the area retains the odour.