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  1. 2008-05-27, 10:45 AM #1
    LGA777
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    How do you pronounce this city/airports name ?

    Came across this photo today and I said to myself, am I reading this correct? Is this city/airport really named Moron ?

    http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php? ... 2&nseq=119

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  2. 2008-05-27, 10:50 AM #2
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    Re: How do you pronounce this city/airports name ?

    I'd say it’s pronounced MO.......Ron
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  3. 2008-05-27, 10:53 AM #3
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    Re: How do you pronounce this city/airports name ?

    I'd say it's pronounced MOE-ROWN
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  4. 2008-05-27, 11:12 AM #4
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    Re: How do you pronounce this city/airports name ?

    Bugs Bunny would say it "maroon" :D
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    Re: How do you pronounce this city/airports name ?

    Quote Originally Posted by RDU-JFK
    I'd say it's pronounced MOE-ROWN
    I second that.
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  6. 2008-05-27, 03:10 PM #6
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    Re: How do you pronounce this city/airports name ?

    It is pronounced "ma-RONE", according to an Argentinian coworker.
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  7. 2008-05-28, 02:39 AM #7
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    Re: How do you pronounce this city/airports name ?

    Ironically it's not the only airfield with that name. There is an AB in southern Spain with Sevilla called Moron AB :borat:

    http://www.worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?id=SP04438
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  8. 2008-05-28, 01:22 PM #8
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    Re: How do you pronounce this city/airports name ?

    Everyone pronounces ISP outside of Long Island wrong. Most call it Is-lip. Forget of the mess they make to Ronkonkoma...
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  9. 2008-05-28, 01:36 PM #9
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    Re: How do you pronounce this city/airports name ?

    Good thing there's no airport in Hauppauge.
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  10. 2008-05-28, 08:53 PM #10
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    Re: How do you pronounce this city/airports name ?

    ma-roon, like a number of our coworkers ron...
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