":I pronounce it WMATA all the time.  04:29, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)

For a short time, announcements over the public address system would prounounce ""WMATA"" to sound like ""Ramada,"" and then only when referring to the website, wmata.com. This practice stopped  thankfully  when they obtained the metroopensdoors.com domain. Perhaps this happened because unless you knew that Metro was operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, you'd have no idea how to spell ""WMATA."" (Womatta? Wamada?) ( 29 June 2005 21:07 (UTC))

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