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RM · 11-02-2007, 12:06 AM

For whatever reason, "On the High Seas" started playing in my head today. I paused on the lyrics :

"Was it somewhere in Michigan,
Or the Lake of the Woods ?
Up in old Montreal,
Or Toronto the Good ?"

I wondered if this was just a convenient rhyming scheme, or if "Toronto the Good" had any basis in reality. An infonet search provided the news that it is one of the numerous nicknames for Toronto. From Wikipedia:

Toronto the Good – from its history as a bastion of 19th century Victorian morality (sometimes called Toronto the Bad now in reverse as a derogatory nickname)

My question : Is this nickname commonly used ?

11-02-2007, 12:06 AM	#1
RM Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 1,965	Toronto the Good For whatever reason, "On the High Seas" started playing in my head today. I paused on the lyrics : "Was it somewhere in Michigan, Or the Lake of the Woods ? Up in old Montreal, Or Toronto the Good ?" I wondered if this was just a convenient rhyming scheme, or if "Toronto the Good" had any basis in reality. An infonet search provided the news that it is one of the numerous nicknames for Toronto. From Wikipedia: Toronto the Good – from its history as a bastion of 19th century Victorian morality (sometimes called Toronto the Bad now in reverse as a derogatory nickname) My question : Is this nickname commonly used ?