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[edit]City nicknames
[edit]Why is "PDX" (an international airport) a nickname for Portland? TWOrantulaTM (enter the web) 23:14, 19 April 2025 (UTC)
- Several things in Portland, Oregon are named PDX. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 23:32, 19 April 2025 (UTC)
- This item lists some other cities where the airport codes serve as nicknames.[1] ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 23:41, 19 April 2025 (UTC)
- Perhaps because there are other important Portlands, and "Portland, Oregon" is a bit of a mouthful?
- Also... why not? -- Avocado (talk) 23:51, 19 April 2025 (UTC)
- I've met people from Texas who never refer to Austin Texas by its first name alone, even multiple times in a conversation. Perhaps they are not on intimate enough terms. —Tamfang (talk) 00:34, 2 May 2025 (UTC)
- You're talking about the tendency of many Texans to remind you of the state name when they say where they are from? ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 01:10, 2 May 2025 (UTC)
- Curiously I've only noticed it with Austin Texas, not (e.g.) Dallas or San Antón. —Tamfang (talk) 03:35, 2 May 2025 (UTC)
- You're talking about the tendency of many Texans to remind you of the state name when they say where they are from? ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 01:10, 2 May 2025 (UTC)
- I've met people from Texas who never refer to Austin Texas by its first name alone, even multiple times in a conversation. Perhaps they are not on intimate enough terms. —Tamfang (talk) 00:34, 2 May 2025 (UTC)
- Because metonymy. --jpgordon𝄢𝄆𝄐𝄇 05:01, 20 April 2025 (UTC)