States (and Canadian provinces) should be abbreviated in the reference list and in addresses, but not when used in the text. In this case, the standard two-letter abbreviations are used. Given names ...

there’s a good chance there’s one thing you’re crossing off that list: replying to the message ... It turns out that Fang was on to something. Abbreviations in text messages register ...

Prolific researchers David Fang, Eileen Zhang, and Sam Maglio conducted a recent ambitious investigation that illuminates the phenomenon of texting abbreviations in professional and personal ...

so we were surprised that abbreviations elicited negative perceptions about people who use them.” The researchers studied text conversations across 37 countries over several digital watercoolers ...