CA or CA

[Bob Hayes]

How about those of you calling Canada home adding a "N" to your location so those of us South of the border will know you're not in California?

Bob Hayes

[jwr_1986]

How about not using the abbreviation without a town in the same sentence I thought you had a question about Cyanoacrylate adhesive.

Jesse

[ericsp]

Maybe one of the regions could use the abbreviation "ACC".

[Anonymous]

My initials are CA, gee I see where there could be a lot of confusion.

[Pruitt]

Canada? Isn't that a state up north somewhere?

JUST KIDDING!!!! [:o)]

[Anonymous]

I think my location is pretty clear! [:D]

I doubt if "Atlantic Can" would help.

Bob Boudreau

[ereimer]

how about the california guys use CAL ?

hehe

[davekelly]

ereimer,

Was thinking the same thing myself! [(-D]

[West Coast S]

Or: Kali-fornia, Thank you Arnold.

[twhite]

Actually, we Californians used to use CAL (and a lot of us still do so), until the US Post Office stepped in with their two-letter initials (evidently they don't trust us to be able to count to three, anymore). I've always thought three initials to designate a state or a country was a lot clearer to the average person than two. I remember the fun we had right at first, trying to figure out the difference between Arkansas and Alaska, Michigan and Mississippi, Nebraska and Nevada--heck, even Austria and Australia--you get the point. It's not so much our nifty neighbor to the north as it is whatever Postmaster General came up with the crazy idea in the first place.
Tom [:D]

[selector]

No, Mark, we're just a big PROVINCE way up north. [:D] Get with the program!

[cwclark]

Canada...California....whatever...i'm in TX and everything is big in Texas except the states around it...[:D]...chuck

[CraigN]

I live in New York, How would you abbreviate that in 3 letters, Ney? Nyo?

[ragnar]

QUOTE: Originally posted by twhite

Actually, we Californians used to use CAL (and a lot of us still do so), until the US Post Office stepped in with their two-letter initials (evidently they don't trust us to be able to count to three, anymore). I've always thought three initials to designate a state or a country was a lot clearer to the average person than two. I remember the fun we had right at first, trying to figure out the difference between Arkansas and Alaska, Michigan and Mississippi, Nebraska and Nevada--heck, even Austria and Australia--you get the point. It's not so much our nifty neighbor to the north as it is whatever Postmaster General came up with the crazy idea in the first place.
Tom [:D]

Eleven most scary words in the english language...Hi there, I'm from the goverment and I'm here to help!!!!

[krump]

I gave up on that distinction a few months ago, started using BC (and that is not the Baha Coast [8D])

[selector]

Okay, how about CF for CA(USA), and CA for CA(CAN)?

[Fergmiester]

It doesn't matter which way you cut it! Someone will still be in deep Ca Ca.

I'm quite sure there is an International protocol that will tell you that National distinctions will take precedent over regional designations. Besides, I'm quite sure there's enough Canadians living in Cal that we may one day take it over just like Florida!![oX)]

Oops did I say that!?!

Remember if it's spelt with an "our" (harbour) or a "z" not an "S" then chancesare it's a Canadian swinging the keys!

Fergie

[tatans]

I've never used CA for Canada, I use Canada. I also use Alta. for Alberta( not AB) I thought CA meant CHINA.

[Anonymous]

The Post Office was the first to push us regulair citizens in the USA to use the two letter abreveations but computers were the cause. To enter adresses into a data base there had to be a standard. Back in the day, memory was expensive and computers were dumber than they are now. If they went with 3 letters, to let California remain CAL the the stupid machines could not tell _NY from NY_ If we had stayed with 3 letters the machines of the time still would have confused Cal and CAL. To a machine small and large case letters are compleatly different things.

I would not even have thought of any of that but my 25 year old step daughter just asked why wasn't there any video of her as a baby. I wonder what everyday item her kids will be asking about in 25 years.

[BR60103]

Was it only 6 years ago the world was going to come to an end because some computer types had economized the year down to 2 numbers and the computers were going to take us back to Queen Victoria?
These same computers only take one of my middle names.
Anyway, lets have lots more info in the location.

[Anonymous]

Jeez, I thought this was going to be a discussion on glue! Need more description in the subject line! [#oops]

[twhite]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Fergmiester
. Besides, I'm quite sure there's enough Canadians living in Cal that we may one day take it over just like Florida!![oX)]


Fergie

Is that a PROMISE, Fergie? I'm one CA resident that wouldn't mind an invasion from your CA at all. Just transfer one of your LaBatts breweries down here to Sacramento and I promise that I'll freeze over my pool so we can have Curling contests.
Tom[:p][:p][:p]

[cmurray]

Let's not equate Canada, a country, with states. So why not just settle on a 2-letter code for any state/province and a 3-letter code for a country?

CA, TX, OH, MN/ON, AB, MB, SK
CAN/USA

[dwRavenstar]

Now you're getting me worried.

The wife is a cal. counter. [:D]

A while back she was doing that bit where you designate points to foods and have an acceptable allotment per day. When she offered me a knuckle sandwich and I wittily asked how many points were found within she didn't miss a beat with the response "Enough to give you a fat lip". [B)]

Honestly, we laughed then and still laugh when we speak of it.

Dave (dwRavenstar)

[Anonymous]

Being a southern CA kid we keep things short & snappy, Los Angles is LA,Orange
County is the OC, Santa Barbra is Santa Barb & so on.

[GMTRacing]

I don't know - Alta is an English race car, VA preceeds hospital, anyone named Cal is probably best avoided and we,ve spent way too much energy on this. What happened to the discussion about adhesives ? [:o)]

[chateauricher]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Bob Hayes
How about those of you calling Canada home adding a "N" to your location so those of us South of the border will know you're not in California?

Blame your fellow countrymen who determined the two-letter codes for each country's internet domain, assigning .CA to Canada, and the MENSA members working for USPS for giving the same two letters to California.[D)] As if mail doesn't cross international borders.[V]

Most of us Canadians realised that problem and use the abbreviation "CAN", or the full word "Canada" to avoid confusing you Americans.

Of course, if some Americans would also remember that there are almost 200 other countries in the world, they might realise that they aren't the only ones here. [swg]

[Pruitt]

QUOTE: Originally posted by chateauricher


Of course, if some Americans would also remember that there are almost 200 other countries in the world, they might realise that they aren't the only ones here. [swg]

Ah, but America is the only important one!

NOW I'M JUST KIDDING!!! DON'T ANYONE GO GETTING ON YOUR HIGH HORSE ABOUT THIS!!!!!!

Actually, Canada and the US can mail things back and forth even without putting the country on the envelope. When I lived in Canada I was always mailing letters and such to the US, and I often didn't put "USA" on the envelope. Canadian proviences and US states do not have any repeating two-letter abbreviations - on purpose.

[Anonymous]

Unless I'm going to visit one of the forum members I don't care where they live. It doesn't take more then a couple of post by a person for me to realize weather or not they're a "flake" and I want to keep reading their output. It used to be strange to see "colour", "across the pond", and "cm" (centimeters) but now I'm used to it.

Bob

[Fergmiester]

Thank You Bob! Once again the sound of reason prevails. This post is kind of going the way of that topic in Ann Landers of 30 years ago when people were getting bent out of shape because others were hanging toilet paper backwards. Heck any sane rational person knows toilet paper is hung with the roll feeding off the top!!!

Once again....

Fergie