Originally Posted by Anthony
Well orange county has to do with the county while orange is the city. I guess that's how the people in most of Orange County see it. It's hard to just say orange.
OC is the only place i hardly hear just orange
Originally Posted by white_n_slow
Right, just like Boulder and Boulder County. What I'm saying is if I'm from somewhere in Orange County (but not the city of Orange), I say Orange County because otherwise it implies that I'm from the city Orange. If I'm from the city of Orange, then I just say Orange.
i suspect every county comes from the biggest city/town