On 2010/01/18 00:00, Dennis M. Kowallek wrote: > On Sun, 17 Jan 2010 23:53:52 +0200, Mike Fry<[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Surely, that should be Ohio in the 'long' form of the location, OH in >> the 'short' form. > > I do the opposite. I use the short location as the location to print in > reports. IOW, to me short location = report location. > > That's an example of Legacy's flexibility. >
It's also an example of the ambiguities that can arise through the use of out-of-context abbreviations :-) This one is generally used in Usenet. To a lot of English people, IOW is the Isle of Wight, and hence, since we're discussing locations, could be construed as being out of context. :-) -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
