Long Island: “Longuyland”

"Longuyland" is, supposedly, how New Yorkers in the 1920s and 1930s pronounced "Long Island." The name "Longuyland" has been cited in print since at least 1925, and…

Long Island: Long Island Ice(d) Tea

JAY LENO: I think this Amy Fisher has gone way too far. Now bars are selling an Amy Fisher Cocktail. Have you had this? It's a Long Island iced tea with a shot on the side.-- NEWSDAY, 31…

Melville: Hellville (nickname)

Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: Melville, NYMelville is an affluent hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the Town of Huntington in Suffolk County on Long Island, New York, in the United…