What do the following phrases have in common?

1. Loudspeaker in Erie

2. Soldiers' agency in Norfolk

3. Surgery site in Eugene

4. Coroner in Bangor

5. Criminal method in Hannibal

6. Proof of name in Pocatello

7. Surgeon in Annapolis

8. Electrical flow in the Capitol

9. Advanced degree in Boston

 

Answers:

 

Each phrase is commonly abbreviated with the same two letters as its city's U.S. state abbreviation:

 

1. P.A. in PA (public address)

2. V.A. in VA

3. O.R. in OR (operating room)

4. ME in ME (medical examiner)

5. M.O. in MO (modus operandi)

6. I.D in ID

7. M.D. in MD

8. D.C. in DC (direct current)

9. M.A. in MA (master of arts)

 

Credit:

GAMES Magazine

January, 1987

M.E.S. 

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