tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122549.post4550891672480773166..comments2009-07-30T10:46:13.937-04:00Billnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122549.post-24359166466496280152009-07-25T15:58:49.601-04:002009-07-25T15:58:49.601-04:00the post office uses state CODES, *not* ABBREVIATIONS; as such, those two-letter codes are appropriate only when providing a mailing addressfrenchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05354086953869547381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122549.post-44856338600012966592009-03-03T11:56:00.000-05:002009-03-03T11:56:00.000-05:00The AP style is perhaps especially necessary if your publication has an international readership – as a Brit I can't even name all the US states, let alone begin to guess the two-letter postal abbreviations.JD (The Engine Room)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00836972574430969375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122549.post-86841584457525897012009-02-27T02:51:00.000-05:002009-02-27T02:51:00.000-05:00Non-Americans sometimes read American newspapers too. There is no way I know MI, AK, or MS.anon36http://www.blogger.com/profile/04449370146588966459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122549.post-83296333561760381082009-02-26T10:50:00.000-05:002009-02-26T10:50:00.000-05:00The other, more subjective point on this is that the postal abbreviations are just ugly and unprofessional-looking.Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01512881095588291721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122549.post-81867540296988528342009-02-26T06:48:00.000-05:002009-02-26T06:48:00.000-05:00These two-letter abbreviations have been in the American lexicon for decades now. Isn't it time we quit being complicit and started expecting the American people to learn <I>something</I>?AMCIThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03518773448689925900noreply@blogger.com