Please help me understand this excerpt from Terrace House


> A: どこですか？住んでるとこ  
>  B: 私地元は逗子っていって鎌倉の方です。

Firstly, is there supposed to be a ろ after the end of 住んでるとこ(as in, ところ, and
was it cut short due to conversation?)

Secondly, does 言う in the te form simply loosely connect the first clause with
the following clause (A place called Zushi, near Kamakura) - like it doesn't
mean 'and' here, it's more like a pause because she still has more to say?




> Firstly, is there supposed to be a ろ after the end of 住んでるとこ(as in, ところ, and
> was it cut short due to conversation?)

It was indeed shortened from `ところ`, but `とこ` is an extremely common
abbreviation of `ところ` used in colloquial speech, so I wouldn't say that it was
"supposed to be" `ところ`. This is mentioned briefly
[here](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/2683/7705) (for an entirely
different usage of `ところ`), but it's also listed as an alternative form of ところ
[in Jisho](https://jisho.org/search/%E6%89%80). If you're comfortable reading
Japanese, you can also see [here](https://hinative.com/ja/questions/44023).

> Secondly, does 言う in the te form simply loosely connect the first clause
> with the following clause...?

The verb `言う` here is in the て form so that the first clause can be connected
to the second, but the verb itself has semantic content here - it's not just a
connector. This `言う` is acting like "called" does in English when it's used to
explain the name of something. See
[here](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/40253/7705) and also
[Jisho](https://jisho.org/search/%E8%A8%80%E3%81%86).

> 私（の）地元は逗子っていって鎌倉の方です。

> My hometown is called Zushi, in/near Kamakura.




> Firstly, is there supposed to be a ろ after the end of 住んでるとこ(as in, ところ, and
> was it cut short due to conversation?)

It was indeed shortened from `ところ`, but `とこ` is an extremely common
abbreviation of `ところ` used in colloquial speech, so I wouldn't say that it was
"supposed to be" `ところ`. This is mentioned briefly
[here](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/2683/7705) (for an entirely
different usage of `ところ`), but it's also listed as an alternative form of ところ
[in Jisho](https://jisho.org/search/%E6%89%80). If you're comfortable reading
Japanese, you can also see [here](https://hinative.com/ja/questions/44023).

> Secondly, does 言う in the te form simply loosely connect the first clause
> with the following clause...?

The verb `言う` here is in the て form so that the first clause can be connected
to the second, but the verb itself has semantic content here - it's not just a
connector. This `言う` is acting like "called" does in English when it's used to
explain the name of something. See
[here](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/40253/7705) and also
[Jisho](https://jisho.org/search/%E8%A8%80%E3%81%86).

> 私（の）地元は逗子っていって鎌倉の方です。

> My hometown is called Zushi, in/near Kamakura.

