If You're Going to be a Tourist in NYC

Great site:

http://www.coedmagazine.com/Daily/11831

Here's an excerpt:

General Guidelines and Must-Know Lingo: These are some guidelines, terms and phrases you should know before arriving.

* If you don’t know where to go, ask directions. We will happily help you. But only ask once. If you forget, you’re on your own.
* Keep your wallet in your front pocket, and don’t walk around with your money out.
* PAY ATTENTION to everything you’re doing. We have to, and so do you.
* The City: Manhattan (as opposed to the other four boroughs of New York City)
* Uptown: North, Upper East Side, Upper West Side and Harlem.
* Downtown: South; also refers to anywhere south of 14th street, most often used when referencing the Lower East Side, SoHo (south of Houston), NoHo (north of houston) and the Village.
* Houston: Pronounced “house-ton,” not like the city in Texas.
* The Train: the subway
* F**king move!: “Excuse me, please get out of my way quickly.”
* Let me get: “May I have…” Used when ordering anything. Not considered rude.