Wudi@feddit.uk to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoTIL that reading scores have plummeted in school districts around the U.S.feddit.ukimagemessage-square217linkfedilinkarrow-up1734arrow-down114file-text
arrow-up1720arrow-down1imageTIL that reading scores have plummeted in school districts around the U.S.feddit.ukWudi@feddit.uk to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square217linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarebrown567@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31·1 month agoDamnit NYT, states have an abbreviation standard!
minus-squarenickiwest@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·1 month agoJournalists have always used the old postal abbreviations. It’s part of the Associated Press style. The NYT has its own style guide that doesn’t always match the AP.
minus-squareEcho Dot@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoThe problem is for a lot of those I’m just guessing what they’re supposed to be.
minus-squareID10T@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoWhich ones have you guessing? It feels a little insane to read compared to the standard 2 letter abbreviation, but they’re all pretty clear to me.
minus-squareArmok_the_bunny@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoGeorgia, Virginia, and Vt. is Vermont.
minus-squarenickiwest@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·27 days agoThose are all literally the current standard postal abbreviations, just not in all caps.
minus-squarearchitect@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoYes but people are now too stupid to know them.
minus-squareNιƙƙιDιɱҽʂ@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·30 days agoIf I could read, I would have taken this personally.
minus-squareRooster326@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoYes but the average NYT reader doesn’t know them. Something to do with DC being the third lowest on this graph
Damnit NYT, states have an abbreviation standard!
Journalists have always used the old postal abbreviations. It’s part of the Associated Press style.
The NYT has its own style guide that doesn’t always match the AP.
The problem is for a lot of those I’m just guessing what they’re supposed to be.
Which ones have you guessing? It feels a little insane to read compared to the standard 2 letter abbreviation, but they’re all pretty clear to me.
What’s Ga. Va. and Gt.
Georgia, Virginia, and Vt. is Vermont.
Those are all literally the current standard postal abbreviations, just not in all caps.
Yes but people are now too stupid to know them.
If I could read, I would have taken this personally.
Yes but the average NYT reader doesn’t know them.
Something to do with DC being the third lowest on this graph