Illinois is pretty cool, cuz our abbreviation actually spells a word. Not too many other states can claim that. Pa and Miss are the others I can see.
though montana's is pretty nice: MO! Yo Mo!
MO is for Missouri, not Montana. Sorry.
Posted by: anonymous on Aug 21, 06 | 2:52 pm
The abbreviation for Washington is a word as is the abbreviation for Massachusetts
Posted by: Tom on Aug 21, 06 | 4:44 pm
Two letter abbreviations make sense for states that are two words. Because using a 4 letter technique on New York would be Newy. Maybe it should be two letters for two words and four letters for one word. Or something.
Posted by: Danyell on Aug 21, 06 | 11:31 pm
whoa. i can't believe i missed Wash and Mass. I apologize profusely to the citizens of Wash and Mass.
You also forgot to mention Ark for Arkansas.... Ark is totally a word :)
Posted by: Lauren on Sep 13, 06 | 8:24 am
i do not apologize profusely to the citizens of Arkansas.
Just kidding. I'm sorry, Arkansas. You are a nice, little Ark.
Ore is a word too! :)
Posted by: Rebecca on Jan 15, 07 | 4:22 pm
So is Pa, man!
Posted by: Dry Fly on Jul 24, 07 | 2:08 pm
Tenn and Conn are totally words. They're just misspelled. Those and Kan.
And what's up with Mont? Sacré bleu! Don't you have any Frenchmen on staff who could tell you that's a big mount en Français?
Of course, the same foreign language explanation goes for Ala, La and Del.
Doesn't AP style make sense now?
Posted by: D Money on Jul 29, 07 | 10:43 am
Um, let's not forget the words Mass (a catholic church service) and probably the most obvious of all Wash.
Posted by: matt on Nov 26, 07 | 8:02 am
AP could switch to postal abbreviations, all just 2 letters. Naw, too easy.
Posted by: bup on Dec 03, 07 | 2:52 pm
I like the AP style abbreviations. They just seem to make sense. You just gotta memorize them, and after three years of using them in coursework, you just do. Some states' abbreviations just don't look or feel right when you do a set three or four-letter abb. Col. isn't as pleasing as Colo.; Dela. just doesn't feel right. Kent.? It's not that big a deal.
If you're a professional designer, surely you'd have no trouble with them now, having ample time to memorize them.
Posted by: PW on Jul 09, 08 | 11:14 am
PW, thank you for your comment. Yeah, professional designers have so much ample time to memorize state abbreviations.... (?)
While I love learning, and I do try to remember the state abbreviations, and designers should take responsibility for learning the state abbreviations. I also think it's more important that an editor knows the abbeviations, because, y'know, editors have all this ample time.
Posted by: spudart on Jul 09, 08 | 11:17 am
No offense meant at all. I just meant by "ample time" that, if you were at the professional level by now, I would have figured by repetition you'd have picked up on it. But of course, when you assume...you know...
Posted by: PW on Jul 10, 08 | 12:23 am
ahhhh, Thank you PW for your kind words. I'm sorry I misread them.
I just keep a little printout by the side of my desk with the abbreviations and refer to that. Yeah, by repetition, hopefully they'll stick inside my thick skull.
Posted by: spudart on Jul 10, 08 | 9:55 am
The AP style is actually less confusing than the Post Office abbreviations, e.g., is MI for Michigan, Mississippi, or Missouri? Is AR for Arizona or Arkansas? Is AL for Alaska or Alabama?
And, as a designer, why aren't your editorial people providing you with copy in the AP style anyway?
Posted by: Brad Parker on Aug 06, 08 | 12:57 pm
There will be an extended entry on Mexico, explaining there are 31 states and how its government is set up, recognition, I suspect, of the greater prominence that country is playing in the news.
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