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From: Elliott Mitchell
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1992 00:49

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How and when did 'Tennessee' become 'tn?'
Are Tennesseans really so lazy that they can't bring themselves to 
abbreviate the word 'Tennessee' as 'Tenn.' anymore?   Has the US Postal 
service and IBM got so many people brainwashed that they've totally 
forgotten how to abbrevate 'Tennessee' (not to mention the names of 
virtually every other state in the union).

The first response might be "who cares?"
The second might be "get a life"
The third might be "If you don't like it, move to tx"

Now that we've got those responses out of the way, are there any others?

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