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I beg to differ on TLA for Chicago

Story: Where is GNU ?Total Replies: 11
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happyfeet

Jul 18, 2008
5:50 AM EDT 		There is ORD for O'Hare and MDW for Midway...no CHI...(spoken as a former resident of Illinois).
Bob_Robertson

Jul 18, 2008
6:31 AM EDT 		...Because O'Hare was built on the site of an orchard. Orchard => ORD.
gus3

Jul 18, 2008
7:22 AM EDT 		CHI has two radio designations, both Chillicothe:

WCHI is in Chillicothe, Ohio.

KCHI is in Chillicothe, Missouri.
azerthoth

Jul 18, 2008
9:25 AM EDT 		oops, my bad

I'll fix it now.
happyfeet

Jul 18, 2008
9:44 AM EDT 		az - to use one of my favorite TLAs - NBD (no big deal)
azerthoth

Jul 18, 2008
10:19 AM EDT 		The bad part is, I should have known better. Anyway, I hope everyone found atleast a little humor in that you can go to GNU.
jezuch

Jul 18, 2008
12:13 PM EDT 		Um, so where's WTF?
azerthoth

Jul 18, 2008
12:23 PM EDT 		There is no WTF sadly. You can look through the following for any other good abbreviations.

http://www.airportguide.com/
NoDough

Jul 18, 2008
12:45 PM EDT 		WTH? FWIW, AFAIC TLAs and ETLAs are NBD.

IITYWIMWYBMAD
happyfeet

Jul 18, 2008
1:01 PM EDT 		LOL...
Sander_Marechal

Jul 18, 2008
1:44 PM EDT 		OMGWTFBBQ
jdixon

Jul 18, 2008
5:39 PM EDT 		> OMGWTFBBQ

BBQ? Did someone say BBQ. Where? I'll tell a former editor. We can all bring cameras!

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