Locations in the United States with an English name Locations in the United States with an English name A large number of places in the U.S were named after places in England largely as a result of English settlers and explorers of the Thirteen Colonies. Some names were carried over directly and are found throughout the country (such as Manchester, Birmingham and Rochester). Others carry the prefix "New"; for example, the largest city in the US, New York, was named after York because King Charles II gave the land to his brother, James, the Duke of York (later James II). Some places, such as Hartford, Connecticut, bear an archaic
New York City English appears to descend from an outdated African-American English meaning of "male receptive participant in anal sex". New Yorkers tend to say they stand "on" line, whereas most other American-English speakers tend to stand "in" line. Small convenience stores are, in recent decades, often called "bodegas," from the Spanish term originally meaning "a wine storehouse" via the Puerto Rican Spanish term for "small store; corner store", or "delis," which is the short form of "delicatessens". New York speakers have some unique conversational styles. Linguistic professor Deborah Tannen notes in a "New York Times" article it has "an emphasis to involve the