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PDFP. S., Postscript. St., Saint; Street.
Pub. Doc., Public Document. Sun., Sunday.
Supt.,
Superintendent.
Pxt., He painted it. Thurs., Thursday.
Sc., He engraved it. Tues., Tuesday.
Q. M., Quartermaster. V., vid., or vide,
See.
Rec’d., Received. Viz.(videlicet),
Namely.
Rev., Reverend. Vol., Volume.
S., Shilling; South. Vs. (versus), Against.
S. A., South America. Wed., Wednesday.
Sat., Saturday. W.I., West Indies.
Sen., Senior; Senator. Wt., Weight.
Lesson 244.
Abbreviations of the States, with their Pronunciation.
Ala., Al a ba’ma. Ia., I’o
wa.
Ark., Ar’kan sas. Kan., Kan’sas.
Cal., Cal i for’ni a. Ky., Ken
tuck’y.
Col. or Colo., Col o ra’do. Lou. or
La., Lou i si a’na.
Conn. or Ct., Con nect’i cut Mass., Mas sa
chu’setts.
Md.,
Ma’ry land.
Del., Del’a ware. Me., Maine.
Flor. or Fla., Flor’i da. Mich.,
Mich’i gan.
Geo. or Ga., Geor’gi a. Minn.,
Min ne so’ta.
Ill., Il li nois’. Miss.,
Mis sis sip’pi.
Ind., In di an’a. Mo., Mis
sou’ri.
Lesson 245.
Abbreviations of the States, with their Pronunciation.
Neb., Ne bras’ka. R. I.,
Rhode Is1’and.
N. C., North Car o li’na. S. C.,
South Car o li’na.
N. H., New Hamp’shire Tenn., Ten
nes see’.
Tex.,
Tex’as.
N. J., New Jer’sey. Uh.,
U’tah (yoo’ta).
Nev., Ne va’da. U.S.A.,
U nit’ed States of A mer’i ca.
N. Y., New York.
Or., Or’e gon. Va.,
Vir gin’i a.
O., O hi’o. Vt.,
Ver mont’.
Pa. or Penn., Penn syl va’ni a. Wis.,
Wis con’sin.
W
Va., West Vir gin’i a.
Lesson 246.
American and Foreign Geographical Names.
Al’ba ny Ba’den
Al le ghe’ny
Ayr (ar) Bal’ti more A’si
a (a’shi a)
Aulne (on) Bor deaux’ (-do’)
Cin cin na’ti
Bos’ton Chi ca’go
Eu phra’tes
Chey enne’ Cai’ro
Ha wai’i
Main Cey’lon’
Pal’es tine
Mo bile’ I’ser (e’zer)
Phil a del’phi a
Pau (po) Mad rid’ Pyr’e
nees
Saone Mil wau’kee Szeg ed
in’
Seine Mon ta’na Vi en’na
Thames (temz) New Or’leans Wash’ing
ton
Lesson 247.
Other Geographical Names of frequent Mispronunciation.
