Question: Why do people from pennsylvania refer to it as pa?

(Posted by: Partly Sunny on 2010-01-11 17:52:40)

I never hear anyone else refer to their state by it's abbreviations when speaking, only in writing. There are plenty of states with longer names, yet people from North Carolina don't say, "I'm from NC. " What's that all about? @ James R. I was just using North Carolina as an example. I already said that people in other states use the abbreviations in print (but they don't speak it that way). I've lived in PA for over 20 years and I never thought about why we all have this weird little quirk until somebody else pointed it out to me the other day. Peace.

Posted by: Sham's ID for Obama Nation on 2010-01-11, 18:01:08

We send a lot of letters? Idk..... but you have a point......

Posted by: ♬ ♩La Guitarra♬ ♩ on 2010-01-11, 18:17:19

Cause we can...what difference do it make...

Posted by: James R on 2010-01-12, 19:44:47

Because people from Pennsylvania have evolved past the need to spell or say the entire name of the state. Also I saw a t-shirt today that said NC State, so whats that all about buddy.