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Old Dec 31, 2008 | 3:33 pm
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Originally Posted by PsychoFreakGoalie
For some reason, to me when I see DTW, I will mentally pronounce it as either Det-wahh (the french pronounciation of Detroit), or Metro. No reason why which one comes up at whichever time.

MCO will forever be pronounced in my head as "O-I-A" due to the local media's insistence on referring to it as OIA in any story they ever do that mentions the airport. (It's not even "Orlando International", it's always OIA)
We have the same thing in Denver. To the locals, it's DIA.
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