chuckymack Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 I always use whatever was used on Tecmo Super Bowl. If it wasn't on there, I use the first three letters of the city/state name. Sigs are for sissies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OMMF Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 WPGI started thinking about this the other day. This is the proper abbreviation for Winnipeg, no way to dispute. HOWEVER.IF the NHL return to Winnipeg in the form of the Jets, and IF the popularization of airport codes on sports jerseys should spill over into pro hockey, then would Winnipeg be rightfully able to use a YVR abbreviation on a jersey? It would certainly be the only real team to be able to do so, IMO, given their nickname.Feel free to dispute my theory.I will! But only because YVR is Vancouver's airport code. You meant YWG, All this Pacific time zone stuff has really got to you, hasn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illwauk Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 WPGI started thinking about this the other day. This is the proper abbreviation for Winnipeg, no way to dispute. HOWEVER.IF the NHL return to Winnipeg in the form of the Jets, and IF the popularization of airport codes on sports jerseys should spill over into pro hockey, then would Winnipeg be rightfully able to use a YVR abbreviation on a jersey? It would certainly be the only real team to be able to do so, IMO, given their nickname.Feel free to dispute my theory.I will! But only because YVR is Vancouver's airport code. You meant YWG, All this Pacific time zone stuff has really got to you, hasn't it?Do all Canadian airport codes start with Y? I guess now most of them make sense ("VR" for Vancouver, "WG" for Winnipeg, etc), but then how did Toronto get stuck with "YYZ"?(...and since I know that more than likely someone would reply and post this anyway )http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nmOMo4OPi4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knnhrvy16 Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 I don't mean to get too off topic, but regarding Arizona, am I way off or did NBC use "AZ" for the Cardinals during the Super Bowl a few years back? I remember something like that.It is the state's official abbreviation, so I don't see why it would be all that surprising.I didn't say it surprised me, I just noticed it was different. Most Arizona abbreviations I see are ARI or ARZ. I personally use ARZ or AZ, I just hadn't seen AZ used that often. The opinions I express are mine, and mine only. If I am to express them, it is not to say you or anyone else is wrong, and certainly not to say that I am right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slapshot Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 CLB = ColumbusCOL = ColoradoCAR = should be Carolina, but it shows up as CRLWSH = WashingtonHFD = Hartford Why not HAR?FLA = Florida. I know it's an acceptible state abbreviation, but why not FLO?and others I've seen in video gamesLWL = LowellWRC = WorcesterMCH = Manchester (maybe to not confuse with MTB Manitoba, don't know)PTL = Portland (Either Maine or Oregon)SPG = SpringfieldBNG = BinghamtonLEM = Lake Erie MonstersNot sure why the obvious abbreviations aren't used. Back-to-Back Fatal Forty Champion 2015 & 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GFB Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 If they can get away with 4 letters, I would use CBUS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illwauk Posted December 1, 2010 Share Posted December 1, 2010 HFD = Hartford Why not HAR?FLA = Florida. I know it's an acceptible state abbreviation, but why not FLO?These two I can look at and know off the top of my head what they're referring to. The "why nots"... not so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rams80 Posted December 1, 2010 Share Posted December 1, 2010 and others I've seen in video gamesLWL = LowellWRC = WorcesterMCH = Manchester (maybe to not confuse with MTB Manitoba, don't know)PTL = Portland (Either Maine or Oregon)SPG = SpringfieldBNG = BinghamtonLEM = Lake Erie MonstersNot sure why the obvious abbreviations aren't used.How does Peoria show up? On 8/1/2010 at 4:01 PM, winters in buffalo said: You manage to balance agitation with just enough salient points to keep things interesting. Kind of a low-rent DG_Now. On 1/2/2011 at 9:07 PM, Sodboy13 said: Today, we are all otaku. "The city of Peoria was once the site of the largest distillery in the world and later became the site for mass production of penicillin. So it is safe to assume that present-day Peorians are descended from syphilitic boozehounds."-Stephen Colbert POTD: February 15, 2010, June 20, 2010 The Glorious Bloom State Penguins (NCFAF) 2014: 2-9, 2015: 7-5 (L Pineapple Bowl), 2016: 1-0 (NCFAB) 2014-15: 10-8, 2015-16: 14-5 (SMC Champs, L 1st Round February Frenzy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee. Posted December 1, 2010 Share Posted December 1, 2010 WPGI started thinking about this the other day. This is the proper abbreviation for Winnipeg, no way to dispute. HOWEVER.IF the NHL return to Winnipeg in the form of the Jets, and IF the popularization of airport codes on sports jerseys should spill over into pro hockey, then would Winnipeg be rightfully able to use a YVR abbreviation on a jersey? It would certainly be the only real team to be able to do so, IMO, given their nickname.Feel free to dispute my theory.I will! But only because YVR is Vancouver's airport code. You meant YWG, All this Pacific time zone stuff has really got to you, hasn't it?Dude. You have no idea. Welcome to DrunjFlix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sport Posted December 1, 2010 Share Posted December 1, 2010 If they can get away with 4 letters, I would use CBUS. I never heard "C-Bus" until I went to college and people from outside Columbus asked me if I was from C-Bus? It took me a second to figure out what they were saying. This whole thread reminds me of the time I took notes during a lecture using mostly consonants. So I had a whole page of notes that looked like, "ths whl thrd rmnds me of th tym I tk nts drng a lctr usng mstly cnsnants." The professor was mind-numbingly boring. I had to find ways to entertain myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjrbaseball Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 I prefer CLB for Columbus, can't really say why. Something about CBJ just doesn't look right.Again, extending the concept, I go with CHW instead of CWS for the White Sox (to match CHC for Cubs). I can't see using the league initials such as CHN and CHA because to me CHA means Charlotte. ... Also, I go with LAD and LAA... and I prefer WSH over WAS for anybody in Washington, just because WAS looks like a verb for a has-been. Also JAX for Jacksonville. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
north dakota Posted December 5, 2010 Share Posted December 5, 2010 CBJ or CLB Woah! You think I'm Cody? My name is Carl Scott Simone and we just happen to share a birthday. BIG DEAL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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