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In lugnet.market.shipping, Dylan Bradley writes:
> Ok, I've been arguing this with several people now for 3 days, and I'm SURE
> someone can answer this in a second:
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> What US State is abbreviated as "MN"? I originally thought it was Montana,
> but was then told Minnesota. But another person said it was Maine...
MA => MAssAchusetts
MD => MarylanD
ME => MainE
MI => MIchIgan
MN => MiNNesota
MO => MissOuri
MS => MiSSiSSippi
MT => MonTana
> I suppose I could have simply email the buyer or gone to the post office and
> asked, but by posing it here I don't *look* like such a "Tourist" <g>
>
> Foolishly,
> DBR
Naw, don't feel bad -- they're not all easy to remember like AZ, RI, NJ, NY,
or TX, and some of them are downright tricky!
http://www.usps.gov/ must have an official list somewhere on it.
You can also check the codes (in lowercase, but the same) at the United States
Local page on LUGNET: http://www.lugnet.com/loc/us/
Some of the tricker ones (IMHO):
AK => AlasKa (AL is ALabama)
HI => HawaII (there is no HA)
IA => IowA (there is no IO)
ME => MainE (MA is Massachusetts)
PA => PennsylvAniA (there is no PE)
VA => VirginiA (VI is Virgin Islands)
--Todd
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