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- State Abbreviations: List of All 50 U. S State Abbreviations in English
State abbreviations! Following is a list of 50 state abbreviations in English with both the postal and the traditional abbreviations you might need State Abbreviations State Abbreviations List: Postal Abbreviations Learn list of state abbreviations
- etymology - What are the patterns rules for determining U. S. state . . .
Note that Missouri's abbreviation MO appears to be a historical anomaly dating back to at least 1831, deriving from the fact that both it and Mississippi start with MISS and end in I O is the first distinct letter to Missouri's spelling, and Mississippi presumably got precedence for MS because it achieved statehood in 1817 whereas Missouri
- Is Missouri called mi. zuɹ. ə outside of Missouri?
Here in Missouri, most people born here pronounce the state as mi 'zuɹ ə (instead of miz 'uɹ i or something like it) This is a lot more noticeable in the south central, rural parts of the state Is this pronunciation used much outside of Missouri? I'm particularly curious about the South, like Arkansas
- Accepted way to abbreviate cities that have Saint in their name
The “Saint” part of the city of Saint John is traditionally not abbreviated in common spelling in order to differentiate it from St John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, another city in Canada whose name usually uses this abbreviation This seems to imply that, in Canada anyway, St actually is an abbreviation of a longer legal name
- offensive language - What is the etymology of BFE? - English Language . . .
An abbreviation of BUMFUCK, EGYPT US 1989 Bumblefuck noun any remote, small town US 1989 Bumfuck, Egypt noun a mythical town that is the epitome of remoteness With variants US 1972 It also gives BFN and Butt Fucking Nowhere, both from 2002
- nouns - What is the abbreviation for state? - English Language . . .
I would recommend either "ST" or "St", without a period (to avoid confusion with the abbreviation for "street") I live in Washington (the state, not the city), and "Washington St" wouldn't strike me as odd if I read it in a magazine or newspaper It doesn't look like there's a very rigidly defined standard on this
- phrases - Somebody is gonna kiss the donkey - English Language Usage . . .
I heard this phrase when I was watching Battleship An old man said, "Somebody is gonna kiss the donkey " I do not know what it means, I only heard it in a movie
- Is there a standard symbol for denoting a chapter in a citation?
In the U S Code, the sections are combined into chapters within a title, but the chapter number is not explicitly cited, and so no abbreviation is used for it The size of a section can vary from a single sentence to a very large number of pages
- Correct abbreviation of engineer - English Language Usage Stack . . .
There's no common standard abbreviation for engineer, so generally it would be best to pick one and be consistent Eng is sometimes an abbreviation for engineering in degrees such as B Eng , Bachelor of Engineering Therefore, it might be better to use Engr if it's important to fully disambiguate between the two
- abbreviations - Which (if any) is correct: est. , estd. , or estd . . .
A business founded (or a building built or a monument dedicated) in 1854 might have a sign or plaque reading "EST'D 1854" or "EST 1854" or "ESTD 1854", or some other combination I haven't seen or h
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