Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site loral.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!sdcrdcf!sdcsvax!sdccs6!loral!hlb From: hlb@loral.UUCP () Newsgroups: net.wanted Subject: Why is NY called Big Apple? Message-ID: <439@loral.UUCP> Date: Tue, 21-Aug-84 15:19:54 EDT Article-I.D.: loral.439 Posted: Tue Aug 21 15:19:54 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 23-Aug-84 01:33:39 EDT Lines: 4 Can anyone explain why New York is referred to as the Big Apple? What does this term actually mean and what is its significance to this city?