The latest edition of Inkstain’s infrequent* Ask Me a Colorado River Question feature comes via Paolo Bacigalupi, and it wasn’t quite phrased as a question, but I’m hoping to resurrect the feature.
I’ve always said “cap” for CAP and “snee-wah” for SNWA. But I have no idea why. Odd and embarrassing. @jfleck @waterwired @jonnypeace
— Paolo Bacigalupi (@paolobacigalupi) March 4, 2015
My answer was that I say, and hear others say “cap” for the Central Arizona Project, but I’ve always stumbled over SNWA and usually just say “Vegas” which seems inadequate. Or sometimes “Southern Nevada,” which also doesn’t quite get the thing done.
What do you, dear readers, do with these two initialisms?
* I think it’s appeared, like, once.
Maybe SNWA should be pronounced see-nah-wah, as in Sinagua? Might be appropriate a few years down the road.
New info on El Ninho (I use the Portuguese method to mimic the tilde which I lack), saying it’s here. Didn’t see any article to leave this comment on, so picked the first on your blog. What sayeth ye?
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2015/03/05/el_ni_o_it_s_here_and_it_will_boost_global_warming_to_record_highs.html?wpsrc=slatest_newsletter&sid=5388f1fbdd52b80c12001891
Peter – My joke over on the twitters was to post a map of our lousy snowpack and snark: https://twitter.com/jfleck/status/573494375503675392
I unsually pronounce them by saying the letters outloud, “C – A – P” and “S – N – W – A”. Arizona Department of Water Resources gets shortened down to “A – D – W – R.” Some refer to the first two as “CAP” and “the Authority.”
Hope all is well, John. I really enjoyed our visit on the 24th. Be well.