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Qwest Field will now be known as CenturyLink Field, the Seahawks announced on Monday.

By Tuesday, several news outlets had dubbed the field “The Clink.” But some 97.3 ³ÉÈËXÕ¾ FM staffers say they got there first. We decided to investigate.

Prost Amerika Soccer: posted June 20 (first comment registered at 11:15 a.m.)

(Prost Amerika might be the winner, but, there is some debate as to whether they were just abbreviating, going with CLink (would be pronounced (see-link) with capital ‘L’ and hadn’t really gone so far as to change to clink, pronounced (klink).)

Sounder at Heart: The idea of calling it “The Clink” has already been thrown out there. (Where? – we ask) posted June 20 12:20 p.m.

Here’s the ³ÉÈËXÕ¾ report that first referenced “The Clink” on June 20 at 12:57 p.m.

NBC Sports: – Commenter thevolcanokid says: Jun 20, 2011 4:20 PM Yay! Now we’re playing games in the Clink!

Crosscut: posted June 21 around 11 a.m.

Herald Net: June 21.

The Clink may have also hit earlier on after the initial reports of the acquisition of Qwest in April.

Field Gulls: – In story body it read: Qwest (the CLink hasn’t caught on yet, I guess) posted Jun 7.

Sorry ³ÉÈËXÕ¾, looks like the idea was already out there. But we support you championing (klink) pronunciation over (see-link) in news reports. Let’s make it official!