A cronyms and initialisms are a great way to save time on writing or saying unwieldy phrases, from graphics interchange format ( GIF) to deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). Many of us know how it feels to ...
Jim Witherell: Postal officials were no nonsense in 1963, insisting on two-letter abbreviations for all states. And except for Nebraska, it stuck. For some strange reason (even I’m not sure why), I ...