From K-QED. I met this week's question-asker near a playground in Oakland's Chinatown.

My name is Rina Yang. I grew up in Oakland, California.

When Rina was growing up, she came here a lot

to hang out with her friends after school.

Her family spoke Chinese at home,

so she relied on these friends

to learn the local lingo.

My friends, they're the ones who taught me all the slang words that I know.

Like this one.

They'll say Frisco this, Frisco that.

So I would say Frisco.

Rina used the nickname for years

and didn't think much of it

until one day when she was sitting next to a coworker.

I think I just threw out the word Frisco.

She stops me, or she kind of looks at me and says, wait, I thought people don't like that

name and I said, really I didn't think so. Suddenly, Rina felt like an outsider.

I was thrown.

I was like, what's happening?

Ever since then, it's been bugging her.

So she wanted to know...

Why do San Francisco not like the nickname Frisco. This is Bay Curious

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