Re: let's talk about this...

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From: Rodney L. Weaver
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1992 17:19

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In article <26OCT199219491219@ctrvx1.vanderbilt.edu> mitcheec@ctrvx1.vanderbilt.edu (Elliott Mitchell) writes:
>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).

Finally, some real Tennessee talk in tn.talk...

It seems to me that "TN" is used because, thanks to the Post Office, 
"TN" is a nationally known and recognized abbreviation for Tennessee. 

Without a standard abbreviation, people would start using variations
of abbreviations, for example, Pennsylvania is known as Pa, Penn, and
Penna. A state like North Carolina would have even more choices,
NoCar NoCaro NorthCaro, etc.

Besides, if you are talking about being too lazy to write "Tenn" vs
"TN", why abbreviate at all, why not just write "Tennessee"?

-Rodney

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From: rlw@issm1.memst.edu (Rodney L. Weaver)
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