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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>
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Organization: Athabasca U., Alberta, Canada
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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