Posted on 11/26/2015 7:26:33 AM PST by markomalley
With his latest Nike sneaker, Oklahoma City Thunder star Kevin Durant attempted to pay homage to the Maryland county where his journey to NBA all-star and MVP began, but some find it offensive.
The $180 sneaker, which goes on sale Wednesday, is called the KD8 ‘P.G. County,’ and that abbreviation of “Prince George’s” upsets some in the county. For years, using “PG” has been considered taboo.
“We would certainly prefer that it was ‘Prince George’s County,’” said Barry Hudson, the county executive’s spokesman.
The county reached out to Nike when it learned of the name.
“Actually sent a letter to Nike kind of giving them some idea of the nature of the term ‘Prince George’s County’ versus ‘PG County’ just to let them know that it is, to many in the county, a pejorative,” Hudson said.
Melvin McCray, who once coached Durant at the Seat Pleasant Activity Center, said the name of the shoe makes perfect sense. Durant has donated tens of thousands of dollars to the facility where a room is named in his honor.
“Whether it’s ‘PG County,’ whether it’s ‘Prince George’s County,’ I just think we all should just enjoy the moment and just embrace it,” McCray said.
Mocoso!
I never heard such a thing either, and I am a lifelong neighbor in Howard.
I guess I should be offended by “HoCo”. I will send a nastygram to HoCoMoFreddie’s to complain about their offensive paper name.
I think they are just miffed at the glib abbreviation.
Lord knows I am sick of every stinking thing being abbreviated because people are too lazy to speak/write completely.
I liked going to Monkey Wards.
Never heard it referred to as MoCo, but MontCo.
What of D.C.???
I mean really folks have we nothing more serious to be concerned with than the abbreviation of a three word :Location or Place Name?
when will the people of D.C. RISE UP and DEMAND that The District Of Columbia ALWAYS be referred to as such?
BAN ATTACK ABBREVIATIONS NOW!! ...O.K.?
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