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Thread #32792   Message #483525
Posted By: Giac@Brian's
14-Jun-01 - 04:16 PM
Thread Name: Frequently misspelled/confused names.
Subject: RE: Frequently misspelled/confused names.
In notes after songs in the DT, where United States postal abbreviations are used, several are consistently incorrect.

Arkansas is AR, not ak

Arizona is AZ
Alaska is AK
Alabama is AL
Postal abbreviations and postal codes for the United States were assigned beginning in the upper New England states and going south down the eastern seaboard. Scoot over to the west and go back north, scoot over to the west, go south and repeat. It's not alphabetical, it's geographical.

Good thread, I'd wondered how to bring this up (about the mistakes in state abbreviations), and this thread seems to be as good a place as any. Thanks.

Mary