SEATTLE, Wash. -- Some residents in Seattle are calling their new transit system by its acronym: SLUT.
Officially, the system is called the Seattle Streetcar but many people claim it was originally named the South Lake Union Trolley.
The $50 million rail system connects South Lake Union to downtown Seattle.
People working in the trolley's neighborhood came up with the name SLUT.
The coffee shop Kapow Coffee even sells commemorative T-shirts that read, "Ride the SLUT."
"Well, we just wanted to get behind the SLUT and show our support," said Don Clifton of Kapow Coffee.
Workers at Kapow Coffee pointed to newspaper articles that show "Trolley" was the original name for the system but it changed to "Streetcar" when somebody discovered the acronym. However, developers said that is an urban legend.
Regardless, the name has stuck like a bad reputation.
"People can call it whatever they want as long as they ride it," Mayor Greg Nickels said.
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Officially, the system is called the Seattle Streetcar but many people claim it was originally named the South Lake Union Trolley.
The $50 million rail system connects South Lake Union to downtown Seattle.
People working in the trolley's neighborhood came up with the name SLUT.
The coffee shop Kapow Coffee even sells commemorative T-shirts that read, "Ride the SLUT."
"Well, we just wanted to get behind the SLUT and show our support," said Don Clifton of Kapow Coffee.
Workers at Kapow Coffee pointed to newspaper articles that show "Trolley" was the original name for the system but it changed to "Streetcar" when somebody discovered the acronym. However, developers said that is an urban legend.
Regardless, the name has stuck like a bad reputation.
"People can call it whatever they want as long as they ride it," Mayor Greg Nickels said.
http://www.knbc.com/news/14151776/detail.html
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