On Sun, Nov 18, 2007 at 04:26:55AM +0000, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 11/17/07 20:33, Roberto C. S�nchez wrote: > >> > > That got me thinking. I figure that since MI -> Michigan, it meant that > > MI was the first state to start with those letters. Logically, I would > > think, always use the first two letters, unless another state already > > had them. Arbitrate in order granting of statehood. But both > > Mississippi (MS) and Missouri (MO) were states before Michigan (MI). > > The USPS doesn't care about entry into the union. It cares about > collating and routing. > > In alphabetical order: > Michigan MI first 2 letters of name > Minnesota MN first two non-MI letters of name > Mississippi MS first two non-MI letters of name > Missouri MO first two non-MS letters of name > Interesting. I had not considered that.
-Roberto -- Roberto C. Sánchez http://people.connexer.com/~roberto http://www.connexer.com
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