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Re:Boaty McBoatface and the False Promise of Democracy by AdmiralAsshat on Friday April 22, 2016 @09:37AM (#11549017)
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."
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Re:Boaty McBoatface and the False Promise of Democracy by HoopleHead on Friday April 22, 2016 @09:43AM (#11549067)
Well, given the guy's name was "Reagan", it does warrant some kind of correction.
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Re:Boaty McBoatface and the False Promise of Democracy by DonHopkins on Friday April 22, 2016 @12:04PM (#11550164)
You mean it's not named after Reagan's chief of staff?
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Re:Boaty McBoatface and the False Promise of Democracy by scurvy on Friday April 22, 2016 @09:54AM (#11549171)
Would 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).

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Re:Boaty McBoatface and the False Promise of Democracy by imgabe on Friday April 22, 2016 @11:48AM (#11550043)
Some 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.
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Re:Boaty McBoatface and the False Promise of Democracy by DonHopkins on Friday April 22, 2016 @12:06PM (#11550178)
Didn't they name a fruit [1] after the mayor-for-life of Washington DC?

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marionberry

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Re:Boaty McBoatface and the False Promise of Democracy by tosseraccount on Friday April 22, 2016 @10:52AM (#11549613)
Some people call it just "Reagan".

Which airport, "Reagan", "Dulles" or "BWI" ?

They don't say "Marshall" for BWI, though.

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Re:Boaty McBoatface and the False Promise of Democracy by treehau5 on Friday April 22, 2016 @02:12PM (#11551226)
When I was there I called it "The Expensive one", "The One No one Goes to", and "The cheaper one"
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Re:Boaty McBoatface and the False Promise of Democracy by JBReefer on Friday April 22, 2016 @10:21AM (#11549387)
Part 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.
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Re:Boaty McBoatface and the False Promise of Democracy by DonHopkins on Friday April 22, 2016 @12:07PM (#11550194)
I think it's less because they were blue, and more because they were devastated by his policies.
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