Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!utcsri!sask!alberta!auvax!louis From: louis@auvax.UUCP Newsgroups: can.general Subject: Re: The Canadian Domain: Introduction to CA Message-ID: <430@auvax.UUCP> Date: Sat, 28-Nov-87 19:35:59 EST Article-I.D.: auvax.430 Posted: Sat Nov 28 19:35:59 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 5-Dec-87 17:51:12 EST References: <1987Nov23.095020.13055@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu> <1152@looking.UUCP> <539@myrias.UUCP> Distribution: can Organization: Athabasca U., Alberta, Canada Lines: 18 Summary: AB is better than Alta In article <539@myrias.UUCP>, sjl@myrias.UUCP (Stuart Lomas) writes: > I don't understand this mania with two letter abbreviations. It may be that > the two letter abbreviations for the provinces and territories that were > > British Columbia BC > Alberta Alta Tell me that Alta is better than AB. I lived for a while in Palo Alto, while at Stanford, and could appreciate Alto, but Alta, is confusing, and _not_ as descrptive as AB. Then, I may be thinking of the famous ski rseort in Utah by the name of Alta. Really, it is famous. Hoch soll es leben, einmal prosst. -- Louis Schmittroth My employer has no opinions. Computer Science Athabasca University ...{ubc-vision, ihnp4}!alberta!auvax!louis