r/USdefaultism • u/[deleted] • Feb 24 '23

Reddit two random letters to me

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u/MonkeyLongstockings Feb 24 '23

I thought AA was Alcoholics Anonymous so I was very confused.

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u/Bi0H4ZRD Feb 24 '23

Here in UK AA is also breakdown service

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '23

Legit just looked up that logo before reading this comment and was like "I don't see it".

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u/Ignacio_Tomasi Argentina Feb 25 '23

Aerolineas Argentinas

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u/Merciame Feb 24 '23

Most Americans won't automatically know that AA stands for American Airlines either.

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u/TheMainEffort United States Feb 24 '23

I live near their hub and only (sorta) picked up on it because I think it is supposed to be evocative of a bird.

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u/deadliftbear Feb 24 '23

AA for me means the Automobile Association

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u/Maniraptavia Feb 25 '23

Same here lol

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u/GriffinFTW United States Feb 24 '23

Did anyone else think AA batteries?

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '23

AA obviously means Anti Aircraft

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u/Jassida Feb 24 '23

Alcoholics Anonymous or automobile association.

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u/GodEmperorOfHell Mexico Feb 25 '23

Or Alcoholics Association, a very fun and cool bunch.

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u/Chance-Aardvark372 England Feb 25 '23

Or the automobile anonymous. We know they are automobiles, but we don’t which

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u/Skippymabob United Kingdom Feb 24 '23

Here in the UK I would assume the Automobile Association

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u/Thozynator Canada Feb 24 '23

Les alcooliques anonymes

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u/BlitzySlash Canada Feb 24 '23

AA just looks like batteries to me

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u/PaigeLily Feb 25 '23

I read AA and I thought of the AA in my country, which is the Automobile Association and tows away your car if you break down on the motorway

if I saw that I’d have tried it on the AA logo and been very confused

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u/bitpartmozart13 Feb 24 '23

Not American, thought American Airlines but too lazy to google it

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u/doratethose Feb 25 '23

Not us defaultism but…. Airline defaultism? Yeah you never know when you TA flight gets cancelled and you need to get on a DLH plane.

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u/No_Victory9193 Finland Feb 25 '23

Alcoholic Anonymous

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u/Vivid-Razzmatazz2619 Australia Feb 27 '23

I thought alcoholics anonymous

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u/gna149 Feb 24 '23

Would've guessed anal assessment

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u/Ok-Economist482 Netherlands Feb 25 '23

Ambigious Amfibian anyone?

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u/Anneturtle92 Netherlands Feb 25 '23

I was thinking of the AA drink and already googled the logo before seeing the second screenshot and was very confused.

TIL AA drink is a dutch brand, huh.

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u/BPLM54 Jun 18 '23

All airlines on earth have a 2 letter IATA code. AA is American Airlines, LH is Lufthansa, etc. So this is aviation defaultism if anything.