Re: US Postal Abbreviations (Re: Posting limits)

Philippe Caquant wrote:

>--- "Mark J. Reed" <markjreed@...> wrote:
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>>Abbrev. State                   Capital City
>>AL      Alabama                 Montgomery
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>(snip)
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>>WY      Wyoming                 Cheyenne
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>>A few common US postal abbreviations for non-states:
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>>DC      District of Columbia
>>GU      Guam
>>PR      Puerto Rico
>>VI      US Virgin Islands
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>I always loved such lists. When I was younger, I used
>to know every capital of every country in the world,
>including Nyassaland. But after a while, I felt kind
>of disappointed to see that this changed all the time,
>except for Paris, of course, so I gave up.
>
More entertaining might be the capitals of all the countries there've
ever been,throughout their History, at least in Europe.

Could get a little tricky towards the end of the HRE...