But you don't call your big cities Canny and Syddie and Addie and so forth do you?

London is LDN in airport spelling, but it stops there. "There's been some bombs on the LDN tube"...
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The thing about NOLA is it effortlessly wipes away a fascinating and estimable history and heritage. Who would talk about how "NOLA Jazz" transformed music? And with the city itself on the edge of total wipeout, honouring and preserving the link with the past seems important.