Critics continue to say ‘What?’ to ‘SayWA’
 A few weeks back, we reported on the state of Washington's dubious new tourism slogan, "SayWA." Well, the piling on continues, including a thumbs-down for the new slogan from James Vesely, a columnist for the Seattle Times, who says it sounds like the name of a vegetable oil. As a nontraditional approach to tourism monikers, he continues, "SayWA is an unqualified success. ‘I'm going to Disneyland’ was a sure miss—and so was ‘It's better in the Bahamas.’ Those two slogans actually mention the destination without relying on the U.S. Postal Service abbreviations.” With fans like this, it makes one wonder if soon we'll be saying, "so long" to “SayWA.”
—Posted by Catharine P. Taylor
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Comments
Don't you realize the quality of the pot in Washington State?
Posted by: Len | Mar 27, 2006 10:41:37 PM
a very funny slogan, to be honest.. it made me laugh when i saw it on the first time.
Posted by: gigi | Mar 28, 2006 7:13:59 AM
Move on and let SayWA do its thing.
Posted by: Steve | Mar 28, 2006 11:35:27 AM
Why is everyone so down on SayWA? My friend Wa from Seattle loves it.
Posted by: gillsans | Mar 28, 2006 7:20:28 PM
Que SayWa, SayWa.
Posted by: Doris Day | Mar 30, 2006 11:08:39 AM
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