This is what they're saying about Portland.

The Chicago Sun-Times:

http://www.suntimes.com/lifestyles/travel/1105076,CST-FTR-portland0813new.articl e

Not to hijack - but I have seen Oregon abbreviated as Ore. more and more lately. As opposed to what I thought we all agreed upon was going to be the standard TWO letter abbreviation; Or.

Do you think it has to do with Oregon's two-letter abbreviation actually and accidentally spelling a common word?; Or.

No matter what the reason, I guess it's one more thing that makes us weird.

Wire services and newspapers still use "Ore." "OR" is the abbreviation standardized by the USPS. Several other common words are found in this system: HI, MA, PA, ME, IN, OH, etc.

Nice article!

"The first President Bush called it ''Little Beirut'' for the hostile receptions he could rely on, and his son hasn't fared any better."


ROTFL! *BigGrin*

Newspaper writing style people have been reluctant to adopt the Post Office abbreviations, preferring to stick with the de-facto abbreviations that have been in use for many years. Thus, they prefer Mass. over MA, Ore. over OR, etc. I didn't realize this until recently, when I was handed a photocopy of a writing style tutorial targeted at people who write letters to the editor. This is in sharp contrast to my elementary school English classes, which emphasized the use of the standard two-letter abbreviations.

To stay true to the real subject of this discussion, some years ago, I suggested to my brother that he could come to Oregon to live for a few months. At that time, he had quit a job and was self-employed. He turned down the offer, saying that Portland has "too many hippies." This is amusing, as I live in Hillsboro, not The People's Republic of Portland.