Is it common to shorten Washington DC to DC? Is there any other DC I should not get confused with?
Native speaker’s answer
Rebecca
Yes! In America, it is very common to shorten Washington DC to just DC. It is commonly understood that DC is the capital of the United States. Another DC that could be confused with the city is DC Comics; the comics that have the characters Superman, Wonder Woman, Bat Man. If you are worried about confusing the two DCs, I recommend listening to the remainder of the sentence. It will be fairly easy to tell which DC is being discussed, especially if someone is talking about superheroes. Ex: She just moved to DC last year. Ex: I went to DC to visit my friend. Ex: She prefers DC over Marvel. Ex: My favorite superhero is The Flash from the DC universe.