Washington state invites you to ‘SayWA’

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It seems like we’re catching up on all state-slogan news
this morning. This time we’re off to Washington
state, which has selected “SayWA” as its new tourism slogan
. We thought New Jersey’s “Come see
for yourself” was an ambivalent line, but this one is even weirder. “SayWA”
sounds like the essence of confusion. A story in the Puget Sound Business
Journal
gets right to the point: “State’s new tourism slogan
has some experts saying, ‘Huh?’” Evidently, Foote Cone & Belding in Seattle had a hand in the campaign, which spawned this
great quote from the president of the state lodging association: “FCB is one of
the best agencies not only in Washington but nationally.






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