It must be the P.M.'s fault.

I thought I  was a nitpicker (which I am).
How many of us can honestly say we've never made a mistake or -- GASP! -- a typo?

Binson Echorec wrote:

As a kid, I learned it as PQ for "Province de Quebec" but Canada Post's website does indeed list it as "QC". https://www.canadapost-postescanada.ca/cpc/en/support/articles/addressing-guidelines/symbols-and-abbreviations.page

I used to do the same - PQ. Then it occurred to me that also abbreviated the same of a political party, and that Quebec was properly QC. I've used QC ever since in my DX logs, and I use full names for postal mail (all five letters max I actually postal-mail in any given year).

Last edited by Saul (February 4, 2024 7:40 pm)

NW wrote:

unclefester wrote:

Watching CTV News Channel today & noticed this during a clip with Thomas Mulcair    

​Upper right corner of the screen showing Saint-Sauveur QB - Mr, Mulcair's residence.

Or is it?

Since when did "QB" become accepted short form for the province of Quebec?

Today?

Depending on whether you are French or English or wish to correspond by international mail the only generally accepted terms are Que. for English & Qc in French. The post office goes with QC as its internationally approved code. 

So can we assume that whoever wrote "QB" sounded things out & heard Kew Bec in their head and there you go.

Jesus Christ CTV New Channel 

I associate "QB" with Quarterback.  Maybe the CTV News Channel people were excited about this afternoon's NFL Pro Bowl (which was on ABC, not CBS.... so there's no risk of 60 Mintues being delayed).
 

as Monty Python once quipped "word association football"

Dial Twister wrote:

It must be the P.M.'s fault.

Or his father's.