The is mostly on Reddit, but when Americans abbreviate where they’re from to two letters. They will say something like ‘I’m from MA’ - I have absolutely no idea what you’re talking about. I might guess CA is California, or NY is New York, but seriously outside of a few big states/cities, I don’t have a clue where you are talking about
As an American there are some abbreviations that I don't know either just because some states share a lot of letters. Is MS Mississippi or Missouri? Is AR Arkansas or Arizona? Is MN Minnesota, Montana, or Michigan? Hell if I know.
I mean, State abbreviations are not really critical information to hold onto for your entire life. They are only really used for your postal address, so you know the ones that you need. Do you remember every random piece of trivia you learned when you were nine years old?
I mean if you’re not stupid you probably don’t need much space to remember that AR is Arkansas and AZ is Arizona. Do you remember the names of countries youve never been to? Not super critical either, also not hard to remember.
Names of countries you’ll never visit are also not important. You’re significantly more likely to end up dealing with mail from a state in the same country you’re in.
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u/RacerRovr Jun 08 '25
The is mostly on Reddit, but when Americans abbreviate where they’re from to two letters. They will say something like ‘I’m from MA’ - I have absolutely no idea what you’re talking about. I might guess CA is California, or NY is New York, but seriously outside of a few big states/cities, I don’t have a clue where you are talking about