How do you get YVR from Vancouver, BC? On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 3:28 PM, Rodger Whitlock <totototo@telus.net> wrote: > On 6 Jan 2016, at 13:21, Dennis Kramb wrote: > > > I don't have it, but out of curiosity what does the H. stand for? > > Dennis's query underlines the need to avoid abbreviation and common names > for > plants (and places, when it come down to it). > > Thus: > > "Hippeastrum" instead of "h." > > "Vancouver, BC" instead of "YVR" > > "Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, and Port Moody" instead of "Tri-cities". > > "Pasadena, California" instead of "zip 91109" > > "Canada" or "California" instead of "Ca" or "CA" > > "New York City" (or NYC) or "New York state" instead of "NY" > > Notice that NYC, being absolutely unambiguous, escapes my strictures. > > > This mailing list is international in scope, and no one very far away will > understand colloquial place names, no matter how popular locally. > -- > Rodger Whitlock > Victoria, British Columbia, Canada > Z. 7-8, cool Mediterranean climate > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > -- The Silent Seed Rare and Unusual plants from around the world. thesilentseed.com