Oscar bait; PDX

Lynne Murphy lynnem at COGS.SUSX.AC.UK
Wed Mar 22 12:27:42 UTC 2000


> > Do any other cities embrace their airport code with such enthusiasm? Or am
> > I imagining a usage difference between Portland and other cities?
> >
> > Thanks for your attention. I'll dive back to lurking.
> >
> > James Callan
> > jabeca at drizzle.com


In Waco, TX, the code is ACT.  I was on an anti-racism taskforce which decided
to make ACT the acronym for their project (standing for A Community Together),
but I found that only people who regularly flew places (i.e., the better-paid
end of the socio-economic continuum) "got it".

Lynne



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