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Speaking of airports, I know of several people who outright refuse to refer to Washington National Airport by its current name, "Ronald Regan Washington Nationa
by AdmiralAsshat 11y ago
Speaking of airports, I know of several people who outright refuse to refer to Washington National Airport by its current name, "Ronald Regan Washington National Airport". They will go so far as to correct someone who says "Regan National" and insist, "Washington National."
- HoopleHead 11y agoWell, given the guy's name was "Reagan", it does warrant some kind of correction.
- DonHopkins 11y agoYou mean it's not named after Reagan's chief of staff?
- scurvy 11y agoWould these people happen to be air traffic controllers? Also, most people in DC just call it National. Probably because the other airport also has a one word name (Dulles).
- tosseraccount 11y agoSome people call it just "Reagan". Which airport, "Reagan", "Dulles" or "BWI" ? They don't say "Marshall" for BWI, though.
- treehau5 11y agoWhen I was there I called it "The Expensive one", "The One No one Goes to", and "The cheaper one"
- imgabe 11y agoSome people in DC are still annoyed by the renaming, partly because of the air controller thing, and partly because Congress changed the name against the wishes of the people of DC and then forced DC to pay for changing the signs out of the city's budget.
- DonHopkins 11y agoDidn't they name a fruit [1] after the mayor-for-life of Washington DC? [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marionberry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marionberry
- JBReefer 11y agoPart of it is that it was named after him while he was still alive, and part of it is that DC is very, very blue.
- DonHopkins 11y agoI think it's less because they were blue, and more because they were devastated by his policies.