Re: where are the proofers???

[SteveOrdinetz <steveord@xtdl.com>]

At 11:29 AM 3/28/98 EST, PWerlin wrote:
the newscasters
>had a map behind them showing the outline of the state of Arkansas, showing
>where Jonesboro is, and smack in the middle, the abbreviation for the state
>--- "AK"   - which, I hope many of you know, is incorrect.


Not a mistake I'm likely to have noticed. I have no use for those 2-letter
state abbreviations....it's not always obvious which state it's an
abbreviation for. For example, which state is MI the abbreviation for?
Michigan?  Missouri? Mississippi, Minnesota?  Whose bright idea were these,
anyway?

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