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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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