CHAT: State abbreviations (was Re: Posting limits)

On Mon, 12 Jul 2004 22:46:28 +1000, Tristan Mc Leay
<kesuari@...> wrote:
> I suppose that's kinda what I'm saying, but WA for Washington always
> gets to me. I think I would've preferred WS or WT. Well, I would've
> preferred 'Wash.', but America seems intent on 2LAs... :)
Well, the post office is.

There are also a number of other abbreviations which are also still in
use (e.g. "Ala.", "Ill."), and "Wash." is indeed the abbreviation in
that system for Washington state.

See, for example, the list at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_states#List_of_states .

Cheers,
--
Philip Newton <philip.newton@...>