16 Things Clevelanders Insist on Calling by the Wrong Name
By Scene Staff on Sat, Aug 5, 2023 at 10:12 am
Clevelanders are a special people. Many of us have an undeniable nasally accent and we can’t keep ourselves from saying “ope” every time we bump into someone. But, most notably, we tend to call things by a name that’s just plain wrong. Sometimes we've created our own shorthand, sometimes we just like what something used to be called better than what it is now, and sometimes we hardly bother to learn something's proper title. Let's have a look at the many ways we do that.
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Nautica vs. Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica
This might be the most misnamed place in town. Partially because it's changed names so many times, partially because it’ll always just be Nautica. It’s the concert venue in the Flats we all know and love. It’s been called Nautica Stage, The Plain Dealer Pavilion, Nautica Pavilion, hell even when it was called Scene Pavilion after us we called it Nautica.
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Med Mart vs. Global Center For Health Innovation
Whatever it’s called, it’s pretty useless. Probably better not to refer to it at all.
The Stadium vs. Browns Stadium
It’ll always just be the Stadium, or where the Browns play. First Energy, Browns Stadium, whatever other future name, they’ll all be irrelevant.
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The Art Museum vs. Cleveland Museum of Art
It’s a world class museum and it’s in Cleveland, so does it really matter what we call it. But yes, it's easier to say the art museum.
Convention Center vs. Huntington Convention Center
Look, it’s not our fault these companies pay all this money in rights to have things named after them. They’re just hard to actually stick in popular vernacular.
Positively Cleveland vs. Destination Cleveland
The Cleveland tourism bureau has been called Destination Cleveland since 2014 but most still refer to it by its previous name, Positively Cleveland, which was coined in 2017. Not many refer to its original 1934 name, the ‘Convention Board of the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce’ or its second name ‘Convention and Visitors Bureau of Greater Cleveland, Inc.’ But there have to be some out there.
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John Boy vs. Good Night John Boy
This Flats night club is one of the more happening spots in town on any weekend night. Even though we might leave out the ‘Good Night’ part of the name doesn’t mean you’re not gonna have a ‘good night.’ Sorry.
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NPR vs. Ideastream Public Media/WKSU
Ideastream Public Media/WKSU is almost always referred to as NPR due to its association with National Public Radio. But that's the name of what you're listening to, Cleveland.
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The Tribe/Indians vs. The Guardians
They’re not the Indians/Tribe anymore. It’s been 1.5 seasons now, get over it. (We all make mistakes.)
The Courts vs. The Justice Center
Everyone refers to The Justice Center as The Courts, just hope you don’t have to refer to it at all.
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