Sandy Wood
Brain Game: Gail & June
by Sandy Wood - December 9, 2009 - 7:30 AM

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Today’s Brain Game isn’t too tough, but hey, it’s Wednesday!

Two women from different areas of the country met at college in New England, and developed a lifelong friendship. They kept in touch via email, but instead of calling each other by their real names (Gail and June), the women used three-symbol abbreviations for one another, referencing the U.S. cities that they called home.

Here are the abbreviations; can you name the cities? Good luck:

C@L
OZX

Here is the SOLUTION.
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Comments (26)

  1. i get the c@l one, but ozx for austin? is there something i am missing?

    posted by brandon on 12-9-2009 at 8:43 am

  2. Brandon,

    OZ=OZ like Wizard of Oz, X=Roman Numeral 10.

    OZ Ten

    Austin

    posted by Josh on 12-9-2009 at 8:47 am

  3. I think it’s Oz-Ten with X acting as a roman numeral…I didn’t get it but I think that’s what he was going for.

    posted by Nick on 12-9-2009 at 8:48 am

  4. How fun! Here are a couple I thought of…

    Playing off one of your originals,
    UUX

    And for my own creation,
    XYZ (does anyone get it????)

    posted by JD on 12-9-2009 at 9:00 am

  5. Okay. I wasn’t thinking in this way at all.

    JD: UUX = Houston. XYZ? Check Your Zipper?

    posted by Jheffner on 12-9-2009 at 9:02 am

  6. JD, Very clever (Boise)
    How about MOX

    posted by Dave V on 12-9-2009 at 9:34 am

  7. Nick’s right about the second one, Brandon.

    And JD? XYZ is excellent – I wish I’d thought of that one!

    posted by Sandy Wood on 12-9-2009 at 9:58 am

  8. Thanks! @Dave: Still thinking about MOX…

    In the meantime, how about these??

    10P

    XME

    posted by JD on 12-9-2009 at 10:13 am

  9. JD – I got Tempe. Still thinking of the others.

    posted by K on 12-9-2009 at 10:36 am

  10. Dave, I won’t give away MOX, but if I’m correct, it’s in California. :)

    posted by Sandy Wood on 12-9-2009 at 11:27 am

  11. 4T W+3rd rock from the sun

    thats where im from.

    posted by Crow88 on 12-9-2009 at 11:29 am

  12. Don’t know if this works just right, but you can see what I’m going for here:

    BSn

    posted by Jennifer on 12-9-2009 at 11:59 am

  13. Crow: Fort Worth, TX?

    posted by Jennifer on 12-9-2009 at 12:01 pm

  14. JD: XME – Kissimee? (Kiss-Em-Ee)

    How about:
    OGX – Ogden

    posted by AaronGNP on 12-9-2009 at 12:27 pm

  15. if symbols are allowed, how about:
    OT+

    posted by JC on 12-9-2009 at 12:34 pm

  16. 22N

    posted by pacificsherpa on 12-9-2009 at 12:37 pm

  17. @Aaron: you got it! i’m glad that XME was guessable!

    posted by JD on 12-9-2009 at 1:02 pm

  18. too easy for this clever crowd, but…

    D8N

    LU$

    posted by JD on 12-9-2009 at 1:18 pm

  19. 22N = Tucson? (twos-en)
    D8N = Dayton

    posted by Boofus on 12-9-2009 at 1:28 pm

  20. @ jennifer, yes!!! right on the mark.

    posted by Crow88 on 12-9-2009 at 1:31 pm

  21. @Dave: finally got MOX – nice one!

    posted by JD on 12-9-2009 at 2:33 pm

  22. LU$ = Lubbock

    How about another TX city: SS

    posted by Knobber on 12-9-2009 at 2:49 pm

  23. How about:

    HI.

    -L&

    TA,

    posted by Chris on 12-9-2009 at 3:45 pm

  24. High Point, NC?
    Tacoma, WA

    posted by pacificsherpa on 12-9-2009 at 6:01 pm

  25. Nice work with High Point/Tacoma.

    The 2nd one may a bit of a stretch, though (Midland, TX).

    Here are a couple of foreign capitals that come to mind:

    OZ_

    ^NG

    posted by Chris on 12-9-2009 at 8:43 pm

  26. OZ_ = Oslo

    posted by Chris on 12-11-2009 at 5:51 am

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