BrokenEye3 t1_j8vsxo8 wrote
Reply to comment by MathBuster in TIL of the Storegga tsunami, a tsunami that struck the North Sea in 6000 BC submerging an area of land the size of MD by MyDadsGlassesCase
As an American, I'm right there with you. Where the fuck did the D come from? Why not, like, M... Y? Is there an MY? I don't think there's an MY.
jesteruru t1_j8vuprv wrote
Mentucky is already using MY. They had a bit of a spat with Myoming, but prevailed in the end
What-And_Why t1_j90m17f wrote
Comment made my day.
MyDadsGlassesCase OP t1_j8vtfap wrote
We're the same with postcodes in the UK. Edinburgh is EH but Croydon is CR, even though there is no CN. And Shetland is ZE (but, in their defence that's cos the council was called Zetland until 1975. Still confuses everyone nowadays though)
SaintUlvemann t1_j8yq2lo wrote
There was apparently a system of traditional abbreviations before the introduction of the current set of postal abbreviations, and Maryland's was "Md."
Nebraska's used to be NB, but they changed to NE to avoid conflicting with New Brunswick.
TantorDaDestructor t1_j8vztbz wrote
Good idea! I even started ticking off the M states- took me 3...what's even in Maryland except a separate district containing our Capital?
Church_of_Cheri t1_j8wbksg wrote
Baltimore, Annapolis and the Naval Academy. It is a very odd shaped state making it hard to imagine its size, going all the way out to West Virginia in a little panhandle.
BrokenEye3 t1_j8w1sdn wrote
Well Marylanders, for one. Maries? The Marylish? Marylingians?
SaintUlvemann t1_j8yqp14 wrote
You were right the first time. US state demonyms are mostly what you'd expect, with the exception of "Hoosier" for Indiana, and "Hawaiian" typically referring specifically to native Hawaiians.
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