I live in Michigan, and people often have to ask what the two-letter postal abbreviation is for our state. It’s a pain sometimes, but living in Michigan is beneficial in other ways, such as being able to depict a map of your home state when you’re wearing mittens. Anyway…
The confusion is understandable. Eight states begin with the letter “M,” and four of them - Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi and Missouri – begin with ”MI.” (FWIW, “MI” is Michigan’s abbreviation; the others are MN, MS and MO, respectively.)
The names of EIGHT of the 50 United States
begin with a letter of the alphabet
that no other state’s name begins with.Name all eight!
Here is the SOLUTION.
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Woo hoo, got them all.
posted by Sue on 3-20-2009 at 9:58 am
Awesome, I love geography quizzes!
posted by Mortal Light on 3-20-2009 at 10:02 am
This should be easy for anyone who was forced to memorize the The Fifty Nifty United States song like I was.
posted by Nick on 3-20-2009 at 10:37 am
took me a few minutes, but it’s nice to see I remember these “useless” details
posted by chris on 3-20-2009 at 10:52 am
Nick – that’s EXACTLY how I did it! :)
posted by Melissa on 3-20-2009 at 12:42 pm
However – the way your problem is proposed, it could also mean 8 states beginning with “a” I.e, “the same” letter of the alphabet. hence: New York, New Jersey, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Nevada, Nebraska, North Dakota, North Carolina
posted by Paul on 3-20-2009 at 3:05 pm
Then it could also be Massachusetts, Missouri, Montana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Maine, Maryland, and Michigan
posted by Bryant on 3-20-2009 at 3:13 pm
got em all in order no less… thanks to the above-mentioned 50 nifty United States song
posted by ann on 3-21-2009 at 4:04 pm