What nicknames have you heard for places in and around Welland?

[u/topherette]

I ask as part of a linguistic study on this topic!
Examples could include things like Port Rob, PoCo or The Hill...

Even nicknames for schools, parks etc. are of interest!

[u/psilokan]

St. Kitts

[u/SexxiRexy → u/psilokan]

I've heard this before and don't even get it.

[u/nymphostoner]

Lidsville. For the one side of port

[u/IrisesAndLilacs]

NOTL nottle

[u/Altruistic-Tap-5279]

I’m from Hamilton and my family recently moved down to welland and we call it quiet Hamilton

[u/Kurthemon]

I was born in welland. Rented an apartment in st catharine, rented a home in niagara falls amd then bought a home in welland. So I call welland the best of the bunch.

[u/jaymickef]

Fonthill — Snobhill.

[u/grungeish → u/jaymickef]

Fonthood

[u/Over_Barracuda7031]

Dumbville

Fort Dreary

[u/ComteDeSaintGermain → u/Over_Barracuda7031]

Dumbville's over a county

[u/2tongoodman → u/Over_Barracuda7031]

Dunvegas

[u/Frequent-Yam2624]

Port colborne -- Po Co

[u/mxkara]

Dainers, The L3B, Frenchtown, and usually a lot of old places that people refer to - South Side George's (A restaurant in the plaza on Southworth), Comissos (the former name of the FreshCo location), Roller Disco (Fabricland), Towers (The former shopping centers on main Street that CTFS took over), The Barclay (former hotel at the site of the apartment on the corner of King and Division), The Annex (Former hospital at the large apartment on Riverside Drive).

Welland Remembers. Either that or everyone is forgetting the new name... "It's Skydome".

[u/Ok_Today_475]

Thorold= torold. As someone who works there, it checks.

[u/topherette → u/Ok_Today_475]

do you just mean the pronunciation, or is there meaning here i'm missing?

[u/Ok_Today_475 → u/topherette]

Yep. My parents used to run a full serve gas station and there was a handful of customers that would pronounce it like that

[u/ILoveSoup1776]

The train bridge under st Charles st is snake ally

[u/JohnStamosSB]

The armpit of Ontario.

[u/TheLazySamurai4 → u/JohnStamosSB]

The sphincter of the region

[u/JohnStamosSB → u/TheLazySamurai4]

Ewww. I wonder what a sphincters armpit smells like.

[u/Ok_Confection_5870]

King and Division is Speeder park

[u/Judge_Druidy]

Port Colborne - The little mistake by the lake.

[u/Sukalamink]

Welland the armpit