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From: rbutterworth@orchid.UUCP
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Subject: Re: The Canadian Domain: Introduction to CA
Message-ID: <12000@orchid.waterloo.edu>
Date: Thu, 3-Dec-87 09:39:45 EST
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Posted: Thu Dec  3 09:39:45 1987
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In article <430@auvax.UUCP>, louis@auvax.UUCP (Louis Schmittroth) writes:
> In article <539@myrias.UUCP>, sjl@myrias.UUCP (Stuart Lomas) writes:
> > I don't understand this mania with two letter abbreviations.
> > British Columbia    BC
> > Alberta       		Alta
> Tell me that Alta is better than AB.

OK, "Alta" is better than AB.

Now let's see you tell us that "MA" is better than "Man" or "Manitoba".
Remember that "MA" is already used for either "Maine", "Massachusetts",
or "Maryland", or maybe "Minnesota" or "Montana", I can never remember
which.