Geometrical Patterns of State Names

Authors

A. Ross Eckler

Abstract

Most people are reasonably familiar with the two-letter abbreviations for state names introduced by the U.S. Postal Service a number of years ago. These abbreviations have occasionally been the subject of word play in past Word Ways issues: I connected them in a cross-word-style array in February 1976, Darryl Francis constructed words out of them in May 1976, and Philip Cohen programmed a computer to find a maximum-length chain of overlapping abbreviations in February 1977.

Recommended Citation

Eckler, A. Ross (1982) "Geometrical Patterns of State Names," Word Ways: Vol. 15 : Iss. 1 , Article 21.
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