Wudi@feddit.uk to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoTIL that reading scores have plummeted in school districts around the U.S.feddit.ukimagemessage-square217linkfedilinkarrow-up1736arrow-down115file-text
arrow-up1721arrow-down1imageTIL that reading scores have plummeted in school districts around the U.S.feddit.ukWudi@feddit.uk to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square217linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarenickiwest@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·1 month agoJournalists have always used the old postal abbreviations. It’s part of the Associated Press style. The NYT has its own style guide that doesn’t always match the AP.
minus-squareEcho Dot@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoThe problem is for a lot of those I’m just guessing what they’re supposed to be.
minus-squareID10T@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoWhich ones have you guessing? It feels a little insane to read compared to the standard 2 letter abbreviation, but they’re all pretty clear to me.
minus-squareArmok_the_bunny@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoGeorgia, Virginia, and Vt. is Vermont.
minus-squarenickiwest@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·28 days agoThose are all literally the current standard postal abbreviations, just not in all caps.
Journalists have always used the old postal abbreviations. It’s part of the Associated Press style.
The NYT has its own style guide that doesn’t always match the AP.
The problem is for a lot of those I’m just guessing what they’re supposed to be.
Which ones have you guessing? It feels a little insane to read compared to the standard 2 letter abbreviation, but they’re all pretty clear to me.
What’s Ga. Va. and Gt.
Georgia, Virginia, and Vt. is Vermont.
Those are all literally the current standard postal abbreviations, just not in all caps.