Geographical literacy (was crosswords)

[Rita Winston]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Jennifer Piersol" <jenP_97 at y...> wrote:

> Then you have the Ns, because of all the "New" states...
> 
> NY - New York, NJ - New Jersey, NM - New Mexico (state, not the 
> country... heehee), NV - Nevada, NH - New Hampshire, NC - North 
> Carolina, ND - North Dakota, NE - Nebraska, NF - Newfoundland... 
> oh wait... that's Canada... hmmmmmmmmmmmmm ;)

The N's are MUCH EASIER than the M's because most of them are the 
initials of the state. Wasn't New York abbreviated "N. Y." back in 
the days that California was abbreviated "Cal."?