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Old Dec 31, 2008 | 4:46 am
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Originally Posted by nigelloring
Does anyone look at "DEN-MSP" and actually think "Denver to Minneapolis" instead of "Den to Em-Es-Pee"?
Yes, I do. When reading, I think of the associated city rather than the code, or the airport name if there is more than one airport in that particular city (Kennedy/LaGuardia, Orly/DeGaulle, City/Gatwick/Heathrow/Stansted, etc.). And when speaking, I never use the airport codes, except sometimes JFK, though I usually say "Kennedy".

Unless it's a code I've never seen before - then it becomes "Ess-Zed-Ex - where the heck is that?" (SZX = Shenzhen, China just in case anyone's wondering)
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