Online petition calls for firing of Alta. police officer who ran over deer

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  • dignin
    dignin Posts: 9,478
    PJ_Soul said:
    dignin said:
    PJ_Soul said:
    OnWis97 said:
    My take-away:  how can a four-letter abbreviation for Alberta not include a “B?”  Alta?
    That isn't the correct abbreviation for Alberta. It is actually AB. I have never in my life seen someone use "Alta". I think the person who wrote that was either stupid or lazy or had a brain fart, lol.
    Alta is a common abbreviation used here in AB.
    Is it? Oh. I've never seen it in BC. OnWis97 is right - it's a bad abbreviation, lol.
    Yeah, I've never really thought about it. 
  • oftenreading
    oftenreading Victoria, BC Posts: 12,856
    PJ_Soul said:
    dignin said:
    PJ_Soul said:
    OnWis97 said:
    My take-away:  how can a four-letter abbreviation for Alberta not include a “B?”  Alta?
    That isn't the correct abbreviation for Alberta. It is actually AB. I have never in my life seen someone use "Alta". I think the person who wrote that was either stupid or lazy or had a brain fart, lol.
    Alta is a common abbreviation used here in AB.
    Is it? Oh. I've never seen it in BC. OnWis97 is right - it's a bad abbreviation, lol.
    I’ve seen it a lot. It is kind of weird, though; not even that much shorter than the original, which is a negative for an abbreviation. 
     
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